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Six weeks of protests by the Poor People’s Campaign nationwide and in Topeka aim to raise awareness of social and economic inequalities. Translating...
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Hi, Radio Readers – I’m Melany Wilks talking to you from my home in Colby, KS. The book, “Five Quarters of Orange,” by Joanne Harris talks about food in…
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The State of Texas has some of the strictest eligibility requirements in the country for welfare benefit applicants.But, as The Texas Tribune reports,…
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Oklahoma’s poverty rate remains above the national average.As News 9 reports, more than 600,000 Oklahomans are living in poverty, according to the latest…
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This week U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a $400 million federal program to reduce rural poverty in America, reports The Lexington…
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A Tulsa World story about rural poverty in Oklahoma has been garnering a good deal of attention over the past week and a half. Nationwide, poverty is more…
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Over the course of this young century, the gap in American cities between the haves and have-nots has continues to widen, reports Business Insider. The…
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A new study has found that one in seven residents of the Texas Panhandle struggles to put food on the table regularly. The report was compiled by a…
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From the Kansas Health Institute:More than half of Kansans who found jobs after losing assistance remain in poverty.Gov. Sam Brownback made his case…
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50% of households in Texas are "liquid-asset poor," or lack the savings to pay for three months of basic expenses, according to a report released last…