India is a poverty stricken country in deperate need of help.

While millions of Americans are living below poverty level, many argue the poverty threshold levels are too low resulting in a whole sector of our population who are considered "poor" but not receiving benefits as such.

Some say the economy is in peril or poverty is high, especially during election time. Common complaints are most Americans make only $30,000 a year and should get double, corporations are evil, and minimum wage is too low. But just how true are these assertions?

Wealth is created on the expanse of poverty .God created every one equal in physical , moral, and spiritual sense but left out economy and finance in order to create a real competition to see who is greater .

The Southern Poverty Law Center has have started using a broad brush when applying their own definition of "racism." It now covers anyone who opposes the actions of any non-white individual, group of people, or nation.

Most schools in America are ill-equipped to handle the number of children living below the poverty line and entering the school system. How does this effect the children and their education?

With poverty a growing concern, what are ways we can decrease this global issue?

A report released by Save the Children says that about 1.5 million children in the United Kingdom are now living in severe poverty.

A description of insular poverty (focus on the United States) with discussion of its causes, persistence, and presence in the United States

Some ways to reduce poverty

When voters look at John Edwards they see a clean cut, intelligent and apparently well off member of society. Can such a man be a candidate who really takes a stand against poverty?

Explosive sounds from Legion Field's stage could be heard from several streets away as local Athenians gathered for the Battle Against Poverty concert last month.

If you have the extra time and money, you can help the poverty population in your community by opening up a food bank.

This article discusses the idea that poverty and genetic disposition play a role in childhood obesity.

The first Millennium Goal, which is aimed at reducing both extreme poverty and hunger, should be extended and/or slightly amended in favor of Sub-Saharan Africa, where the problems outweigh the progress.

In 2004 there were 37 million people living in poverty, and those numbers have only continued to rise. When are things going to change, and what is going to make these changes occur?

Thoughts on the poverty crisis in America.

America's favorite reality competition has teamed with the Charity Projects Entertainment Fund (CPEF) to use its success to benefit both American and African children in poverty.

A statistical view on the problems face by world poverty. Gap between the poor and the rich is getting wider as the years goes by and how lives lost to poverty can be reduced by worldwide action.

Why do we have poverty in one of the richest countries in the world? In a society driven by economics there will always be a lower class and a poverty line.

Aids has reached epidemic proportions. It is a disease of poverty. There is the means to eradicate this disease. It is up to those with the monetary and educations ability to take action.

Imagine if the world we lived in was a utopia-free from poverty, corruption, disease, and all of the many other things that ail us today. That's pretty hard to imagine since we see the imperfections that plague our world on a daily basis.

Poverty is becoming a major issue in Kalamazoo County. On any given night, 250 to 300 Kalamazoo County residents stay in homeless shelters.

Ms. Hurlock's article contains a noble concept, but it is just that - a concept. There isn't much we can do about global poverty as individuals.

Research into the plight of women at or below the poverty line, and the fact that a disproportionate numbe of people in this status are women.

Heifer, International wants to help end world poverty and promote peace by giving farm animals to poor families. But I have reservations about how the process works and if the animals actually get to those who need them.

Suzan-Lori Parks' play In The Blood is about an African American woman who lives in poverty with her five children.

Whether it's dealing with issues such as poverty, race, crime, foreign or domestic policy, the mainstream news media fails to live up to its responsibilities, which are enshrined in our nation's Constitution.

Most parents will try their hardest to protect their children from these types of things. They do not want their children to know what it is like to be poor, or to do without certain luxuries in life.

Even though cultural and educational resources exist in American society to move people into higher-level positions, some people born into poverty do not easily understand nor are sometimes even able to afford these programs.