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Tag: Poverty
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Bill Gates: ‘We’re in a Worse Place Than I Expected’
The philanthropist on how the pandemic and the effects of the war in Ukraine are setting back progress.
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Stimulus Spending Drove Poverty Lower Again in 2021, Census Bureau Reports
A measure that accounts for all federal subsidies showed that fewer people experienced severe economic hardship, while health insurance coverage rose.
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How Poverty Programs Aided Children From One Generation to the Next
For families in West Virginia, which has had especially sharp drops in child poverty over the past three decades, the shift has played out in ways not fully captured by statistics.