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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.

U.S. Government site lists the income levels that determine whether a household is considered in poverty. There are two reports. The poverty Thresholds is the main determining factor while the Poverty Guidelines is used for administrative purposes to determine aid that a household can receive.

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

Within this article I learn about what effects poverty might bring to children. I learn that living in a poverty, it can have effects within the family, and educational outcomes.Children who grown up in poverty don't have many opportunities such as those who grown up in middle class or upper class. Poverty has many effects on a child's life and how they will live as an adult.

I have never researched poverty in children,but I can imagine what kind of effects it has on them as a grown up. When those children are born into that life,the cycle is really hard to get out of.

Poverty is a rough thing on children for sure, agree wit you and good post.

Global poverty is an ongoing battle that plagues various countries. The article describes and shows data on why some countries are dealing with poverty and why they are unable to solve the problem. Various factors also play into whether individuals are able to obtain food and water where they live.

This is a good article because it explains really well what poverty actually is. Also, how so many people are living on little to no dollars everyday.

Article stating statistics on children living in poverty. Discusses future chances of remaining in poverty and how this affects the child and our society.

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.

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 talks about children being the poorest population in the United States and how poverty affects children and society. It also brings light to how government assistance programs can make a difference in a child's life.

You can also see a clear difference in the schools that are filled with children that live in poverty because of how underfunded they are due to schools getting most of their funding through property taxes.

Its surprising and unfortunate to read that children are the poorest population when they have no control over their situation.

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

This website provides statistical data about the amount of people living in poverty in the US. It also provides information of how many aides we have assisting those in need.

The number of students who live in poverty is astonishing. Here, the National Center for Children in Poverty, provides these statistics and other publications relating to this travesty.

This article chronicles the life of Desiree Metcalf, but her story is not one that others can't relate to. Desiree comes from, and continues to live in, poverty and is trying to break that cycle.

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.

This article explains the levels of poverty experienced in the United States as of 2016. It explains the % of Americans with disabilities living in poverty, as well as the races that are most impacted.

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