Topic: Poverty

Three topless Ukrainian protesters were detained Saturday while trying to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and ...

Start with MPs

Re: "Harper planning pension revamp," Jan. 27.. . How dare Prime Minister Stephen Harper suggest that reducing accessibility to Old Age Security...
Smiles Change Lives is seeking applicants, ages 10-18, for its affordable orthodontic care program. Several Richmond area orthodontists are eager...

Obama pushes college cost reduction plan

0 . - . . President Obama offered a plan Friday to reduce the costs of higher education by increasing the amount of federal grant money available...

Notable numbers

728,000 The number of people in North Carolina living on half or less of the $22,000 poverty line for a family of four; the N.C. Budget and Tax...
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Legacy lifeline for children in Africa

WORK will begin on a school for deprived children in Ghana, thanks to a former Sunderland teacher.. . . The Peggy Ellis Primary School will be...

Majoring in Debt, Minoring in College

The Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Colleges movements are largely driven by citizens who are not able to pay off their debts. While Countrywide...

A lump of growth?

BACK in June, the Bank for International Settlements (which journalists are required to call the central bank for central banks) suggested that...
While I look around for something to post, here's the latest attempt to counter Republican attacks on the social safety net. This time...