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This article talks about how big of an issue poverty is. It gives facts about how it is measured and how poverty could be ended.

Poverty is a social injustice issue that needs to be talked about and have people be more aware of it as well. It is very sad to see people struggling due to poverty.

Poverty is a real big issue and the bigger it gets the harder it is going to be to finding a solution. A big percentage of people who do live in poverty are veterans.

The article describes how Individuals struggling with poverty are at risk and in danger of starvation and sanitation. Poverty has a negative impact on society, children, and violence.

In this entry, it explains the public poverty and more importantly the child poverty. It explains but also adds how they effect the other.

Poverty is a serious issue across the world. Starvation and illness can surge through low income and create a serious health risk for many.

This article focuses on the interrelation between poverty and health. It gets into further detail about the reasons why people may become extremely poor because of their health situations. It also implements different solutions to help those who find themselves in situations like these.

This article gave me information on healthcare from a perspective of the people living at the poverty level. It focuses on how different strategies and projects made directly to change the affect of this healthcare system in its current status.

This article does well in representing how complicated poverty is. I liked how the authors showed how health care is a cause of poverty, and poor health care is also a sign of poverty. It goes to show the dual nature of many social issues and why solutions are increasingly challenging. The solutions offered by the authors look like they would be effective, but executing them might be difficult. It would be hard because these solutions are very general, and they would cost money as many of them require the government to force the cost of healthcare down.

This article talks about how closely linked poverty and social justice are. Those living in poverty are in their situation because that have not had equal access and opportunity. The best way to alleviate poverty is to focus on providing equal opportunity to everyone.

I agree with statements made in the article about the inequalities that people who live in poverty suffer. Much of this social issue has to do a lot with race and legal status which often times determines eligibility for many programs that should be helping those in need. There is an overwhelming population over looked and discriminated against, adding more fuel to the fire. The number of people affected by poverty is concerning as there should be no reason that they are not receiving the help they need. Very informative article about the subject.

I also agree how there are inequalities for people that are in poverty just because of their race and legal status also how it determines they are eligiliable for healthcare, and etc.

The American Prospect is a "liberal intelligence" publication that posts articles about worldly and national issues to spread awareness in order to help attain a more just society and serve the greater good of the public. This article in particular focuses on different reasons for Americas poverty issues including low wage work and little to no work. It also points out the steady decline in Americas poverty levels since 2000.

This website link takes you directly to their article on poverty in America, but by going to the home page there are other articles on social justice issues. This site gives statistics to the problems to show the severity of the issues.

Provides definition of poverty. Lists causes and effects of poverty. Links provided for various countries and their poverty issues.

Poverty has been an ongoing issue for years. The United States poverty level dominates many other wealthy nation's levels. It may be worse than what statistics show.

This article gives a enhanced look into poverty in America, with many statistics. It also covers the connection between poverty and other social issues such as health, food, and crime.

Very good article

In this article, it talks about the issues of poverty and how many individuals and families are unable to provide or have lack of access to food, shelter, and etc. There is enough resources yet there are so many struggling to obtain there basic needs of these resources.

Children that come from poverty are more likely to be abused due to stress on parents. It is really sad. I am realizing how interconnected social justice issues are.

That is a fascinating writing. There is so much more to poverty than simply a lack of money. It is also sad that no human being should go hungry. It really speaks to a lack of compassion in the world.

Poverty is still a lingering issue in the United States. 50% of our children are living in poverty. Some of these children cannot get government assistance because their parents make too much money for a family of 4.

Poverty and hunger are a huge problem in the world. Hunger is something that needs to be corrected

Poverty and hunger are a huge problem in the world. Hunger is something that needs to be corrected

Poverty stems from many factors not just the lack of money. Some of these factors include political, social, and economic dynamics. Social workers' are trained so they have a firm understanding of poverty and where it derived from so they may help accordingly as needed.

As claimed by the World Bank, as of our present day, more than a billion people live not even on one dollar a day. Around 70% of them are females, and about half of the population of sub-Saharan Africa lives through it all at that level of income. Around every 4 seconds, one child dies out in the world due to a poverty issue.

The link between poverty and human-trafficking. World wide human trafficking has become paramount affecting poverty stricken countries largely. The affects ruining peoples lives or losing their lives.

Human trafficking has been affecting many people and countries over time. This is a huge problem or issue that needs to stop.

human trafficking is one main issue that this country faces each day. human trafficking's does affect many lives and can also be dangerous for many of these countries facing this problem.

Social justice issues the profession of social workers face. Written in 2007 the article captures issues still faced today such as poverty, healthcare, child welfare are a few subjects touched on.

Judith M. Schagrin is the assistant director for Children's Services at the Baltimore County Department of Social Services. Judith expressed her thoughts and concerns on multiply issues regarding child welfare and its system. She believes that our nation's child welfare system should be a national priority and she even made suggestions to fix this ongoing issue

An organization based out of Australia that helps poor countries to provide clean drinking water. Underlies the importance to global health thru clean water.

What a great organization! Water sanitiation is something that we take for granted here in America, it's easy to not think about the other countries that have clean water.

this website discusses several issues but this link actually takes you to the issue of unsanitary water. This caught my attention due to the fact that so many countries do not have this luxury that we do. Clean water is commonly overlooked in our society.

this article comes from the same website as the first. I chose this one because i believe everyone should have the right to education if they want it.this article goes into depth about the issues other countries are having educationally.

This article bring to attention the fact that so many kids are required to put their needs above their education. It is unfortunate that this happens because it has such a huge effect on their future. I cannot fathom trying to live on $2 a day or less!

Wow! What an eye opener, and a really great read. I new it was a lot, but these numbers are astronomical and unacceptable. Something must be done! Thanks for sharing!!!

The Department of Education reported a 6.38 percent primary school dropout rate and a 7.82 percent secondary school dropout rate. Castro continued by saying that "Poverty is causing an increase in the number of youngsters who are not in school. Oil, power, rice, water, and other basic goods are all increasing in price, pushing the poor even further into poverty."

This article brings up the topic of consumerism and the massive inequalities in who is doing the consuming, The author answers the questions of how this effects the environment and effects our societies, There is also some data on what we spend our money on and how relatively little it would take to give those in poverty basic necessities.

This article covers the connection between healthcare costs and poverty. It also talks about those who visit the hospitals the most are the ones who cannot afford it.