All Articles on War on Poverty
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News Dilma Roussef, Brazil's First Female President, Vows War on Poverty BRASILIA, Brazil - Left-wing economist Dilma Rousseff, 63, was inaugurated Saturday as the first female president of Brazil, succeeding her popular mentor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. In her inaugural address in the building that houses the lower house of the Brazilian Congress in the capital,... Read more |
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News US Poverty Rate Expected to Post a Record Increase Overall number could reach 15%, demographers say Read more |
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News Gap in Life Expectancy Widens for the Nation WASHINGTON - New government research has found "large and growing" disparities in life expectancy for richer and poorer Americans, paralleling the growth of income inequality in the last two decades. Life expectancy for the nation as a whole has increased, the researchers said, but affluent people... Read more |