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Book Review: Stories of Hope Come Alive In "Behind The Beautiful Forevers"
Katherine Boo's "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" (Random House)
Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo writes about the sufferings and hopes behind the glorious side of Mumbai.
Read more...Passion In Poverty: Festival For All Skid Row Artists
Comments (0) | Art, Festival for All Skid Row Artists, Homelessness, lapd, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Poverty Department, poverty, Skid Row
Crushow Herring plays the roles of artist and father at the Festival for All Skid Row Artists. (Allegra Tepper)
SLIDESHOW: An unlikely assemblage of artists call Skid Row home.
Read more...Hunger Up Across the U.S., Survey Shows
Comments (1) | Conference of Mayors, homeless, homeless families, Homelessness, Hunger, National, Oregon, portland, poverty, survey, United States hunger
Only two cities surveyed didn't report a rise in requests for emergency food aid.
Read more...US Census: One In Three Americans Now Considered 'Near Poor'
Numbers in Poverty. (U.S. Census Bureau)
Researchers surprised by high numbers.
Read more...New Studies Track Marijuana Dispensaries’ Effect On Crime
Comments (4) | crime rate, dispensaries, Education, l.a. sacramento, Los Angeles and Region, marijuana, medical marijuana, pot, poverty
New research shows hundreds of dispensaries clustered in better-off places.
Read more...L.A. Food Bank: Provides For All, Ignores None
A zoom-in on a unique L.A. food bank illuminates a serious trend in poverty.
Read more...Health Insurance Costs Rise 9 Percent
Comments (0) | 2011, affordable care act, Census Bureau, earnings, economy, Health, health insurance, kaiser, Obamacare, poverty, unemployment, wages
Most small employers have not applied for health insurance tax credits
Read more...Local, State Organizations Concerned About Increasing Poverty Numbers
Comments (0) | Census Bureau, City Services, Department of Aging, Los Angeles and Region, Parks and Recreation, poverty, Senior Citizens, State Services
(Reut Cohen)
Can services keep up with rising poverty levels?
Read more...California Hit Hardest By Poverty
California's 2010 poverty rate was 1.2 percentage points above the national rate.
Read more...Obama's California Approval Ratings Drop
Comments (0) | 12.4 percent, approval rating, California, field poll, Gallup, Obama, poverty, unemployment
High unemployment weighs on heavily Democratic state.
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