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America's way of measuring poverty is stuck in the 1960s. Here's how we can fix it.
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoMany argue the poverty line is an outdated measurement. But it may not go away anytime soon.Getty...
Meghan Markle's Friend Shares Photos of New Product from Her American Rivieria Orchard Brand
People via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoThe polo game benefitted Sentebale, the organization Harry founded in 2006 with Prince Seeiso of...
Historic writer's desk could be 'knackered' old fake
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoThey were "living in poverty" in Deptford in south London, says Prof Mugglestone, and they made clear that "donations were welcome". Writers such as...
Attention, Baby Boomers: This Little-Known Social Security Clause Can Meaningfully Increase Your...
The Motley Fool via AOL· 41 minutes agoAccording to an analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, America's leading...
Union: Southern Poverty Law Center lays off more than 60 employees - WAKA 8
WAKA Action 8· 2 days agoThe Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal and advocacy group based in Montgomery, is laying off more...
Drugs for me and not for thee: Criminalizing the ‘public’ use of drugs and alcohol is just another...
Real Change News· 4 days agoNever has this been more apparent than in the Seattle City Council’s insistence on treating any and all issues of poverty with criminalization, in spite of turmoil and dysfunction ...
Efforts to address child poverty in New York’s North Country
WCAX-TV Vermont· 1 day agoNonprofits say more New York children are living in poverty than state numbers reflect, and...
Southern Poverty Law Center 'gutted' by mass layoffs, union says: 'Catastrophic'
22 WSBT South Bend· 3 days agoA heavy round of layoffs at a major legal advocacy organization “gutted” its staff by 25%, according...
Oxfordshire council to trial scheme to tackle period poverty
BBC News· 5 days agoA scheme to make access to period products free is set to be trialled in Oxfordshire. The county...
Rev. William Barber’s new book on ‘White Poverty’ shows breadth of ‘an American crisis’
The News & Observer· 2 days agoAs election-year ads and social media campaigns focus on politicians’ personalities, Rev. William J. Barber II and other advocates for the poor want voters to look instead at policies they say ...