Poverty in Kansas and the United States

We live in the richest country in the world, and yet 1 in 7 of every Americans lives in poverty. That’s forty-six million Americans, more than one in five children and nearly one in three single-parent families who are poor. Despite the tremendous need in 2012, Congress did virtually nothing to improve their lives. Read about the Kansas congressional record.

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Budget Deal Helps the Poor

The budget deal passed by Congress in early January, 2013 benefits the more than one in three Americans living below twice the poverty line -- earning less than $36,000 annually for a family of three, and the 46 million Americans living below the poverty line (less than $18,000 annually for a family of three). Read more about it in this article from The Nation.

Opinion: Tackling poverty in Kansas to take more than shotgun push to altar

Opinion: Shoes A Start, But Homeless Need Far More

We hear stories about the escalating number of persons experiencing homelessness in our country and around the world. What is the best way to help?

Read this opinion piece by Frida Ghitis, world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review.

As communities prepare for the annual "Point in Time" Count of the homeless in January, 2013, we hear stories about the escalating number of persons experiencing homelessness in our country and around the world. What is the best way to help?

Read this opinion piece by Frida Ghitis, world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review.

Read more here: http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/tackling-poverty-kansas-take-more-shotgun-push-alter/#storylink=cpy

Poverty affects more Americans than we think, rising poverty among children is particularly harmful to our society, poverty increase health risks, and seven more good reasons to be a warrior against poverty:

10 Reasons why cutting poverty now is good for our nation

The Election Bodes Well for People in Poverty

Read the remarks about the November 6, 2012, election, by John Bouman, President of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.

Read more about Poverty in Kansas and the United States at the Poverty News Archive.

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