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Census Bureau Says One in Seven Americans Lives in Poverty
Poverty in America increased last year to 44 million people. One longtime advocate calls it a "national emergency." Will Washington treat it that way? How many poor people vote? Also, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's in New York, and new help for buried miners in Chile.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenPoverty in America increased last year to 44 million people. One longtime advocate calls it a "national emergency." Will Washington treat it that way? How many poor people vote? Also, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's in New York for the opening of the UN, and a massive oil-company drill may be able to help rescue Chilean miners trapped 2000 feet underground for the past six weeks.
Banner image: Norma Lopez pushes a cart full of groceries out the World Harvest food bank on September 17, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. For a nominal donation or an exchange of a few hours of work people can receive a cart full of groceries. Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
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3 storiesIran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in New York for the opening of the UN General Assembly, saying this weekend's release of Sarah Shourd should be met by what he called a comparable "humanitarian gesture" by the US. Shourd is one of three Americans arrested last year and charged with spying near the Iraq-Iran border. The US is holding…
Read the story8 minCensus Bureau Says One in Seven Americans Lives in Poverty
The National Bureau of Economic Research said today the Great Recession that started in December 2007 officially ended in June of last year. But don't tell that to the 43.6 million people who are trying to live below the poverty line . That's 14.3% overall, or one in seven Americans and includes 20% of all children, 25% of blacks and…
Read the story36 minThe Plight of the Chilean Miners
Yesterday Chilean President Sebastián Piñera made his fifth visit to the copper and gold mine where 33 miners have been trapped underground for more than six weeks. Novelist Isabel Allende visited, too. Two tunnels have already been drilled, but are too small for the men to be pulled some 2000 feet to the surface.
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