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Sawyer T

U.S. Hunger - 4 views

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    This article is giving information about how many people are struggling in the United States from poverty. It gives causes and facts about hunger in the U.S. It was very eye opening when I read that 13 percent of people in the U.S. struggle with hunger. 16.7 million children live in households that struggle with putting food on the table.
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    Wow! Has it really gotten so bad that 1 in 4 familys struggle to put food on the table? I meen,i can't think about that because sometimes if i don't like whats on my plate then i throw it away and some people woule die for that.
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    The "Causes of Hunger in the US" article was super interesting. It made me realize that we have so much food in the US but if you don't have money to buy it, then you just can't buy it at all.
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    i was suprsed to see that 13% of people are living in poverty in the united states
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    I know Adele! When I don't like something on my plate, I just throw it away and not think about how much someone right then is struggling and starving.
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    its amazing that poverty hits so close to home
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    In the "hunger and poverty in african americans" article, i was so shocked of the total income, food insecurities, and poverty total. I am completely blown away by this!
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    I definetly agree with Adele. It's also sad that 51.4% of Americans will live in poverty before the age of 65. But it is nice to see that not only does this website have facts that grab you and give you a sense of how big this problem is, they also have solutions. The more solutions we can get, the better.
Hyre A

US poverty is getting higher - 2 views

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    This article is about how poverty is raising in the Unites states, quickly.
Lide E

Buzzle.Com- Poverty In The United States - 0 views

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    This article gives me facts and statistics about poverty. It gives a chart showing minium living wages for families of different sizes. There is also a short and to the point paragraph abput causes of poverty at the end.
Mousou M

Poverty Rates in Ohio - 1 views

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    This Article was about the percent of people in poverty living in factory town. I was really amazed that east Cleveland leads the state in poverty.
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    This site lists the percentage of Ohio's Poverty.It mentions that poverty in Ohio is located in major cities which means that poverty in Ohio is linked to the market. I was pretty shocked when i found out that Ohio has the 24th highest poverty rate in the United States.
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    This article gives information about why the worst poverty in Ohio exists and what is being done about poverty in Ohio. It gives poverty rates of counties and it saddens me when I saw that east Cleveland has 32% rate of poverty. It makes me think that maybe as Phoenix we could help reach out to people and give them something that could change their life.
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    It has facts on stats in America and ohio is the 24th highest poverty rate. I think that is not good because 23 other states have lower poverty percentage then us.
Shockley L

Statistics on Poverty and Food Wastage in America - 6 views

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    Includes many statistics, such as food wastage in America (over 100 billion lbs per year!) and poverty rate for children (55% for children under 6 living with a single mother!). I Found some of these statistics very surprising, but sadly, not unbelieveable.
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    I can't believe Americans waste about 100 billion pounds of food each year.
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    It's hard to believe that so many people in the world's richest country aren't always able to put food on the table. it is especially sad that so many children go to bed hungry. but i'm glad there are companies out there that help the hungry and supply them with food.
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    With the amount of resources wasted here, we can feed every homeless person! We're not very considerate...
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    wow thats really aweful how much we abuse our resources so badly, and yet not surprising like julia said
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    With the knowledge that so much of our food is being wasted, I wonder if things have been put into action to help this.
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    its amazing how unbalanced wealth is
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    What I found hard to swallow was that people wasted 14% of their food. That just strikes me as wasteful.
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    I think that 20% of people in the US who request food not getting it is crazy, especially in America where we have some of the richest people in the world.
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    This article gives information on Food wasage in america. It tels how much food is wated per year and how many people would have gladly accepted it. This article also gives some statistics on poverty in the united states.
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    35.9 million people in America live below the poverty line. About 100 billion pounds of food each year is wasted in America. Those living in poverty would gladly accept the food that would go to waste. Some families have to skip a meal or each very little becasue they can't afford to eat alot. In a house, about 14% of the food that is bought will be wasted. And around 49 million people could have been fed by that food. \nSeeing all of the wasted food and people that could use that food makes me want to find a way to save some of that food and give it to people in poverty. Also it's sad to know that there are alot of kids out there that live in poverty. If I were a parent it would be hard on me not being able to provide for my kids.
Eyen J

The causes and solutions to poverty - 2 views

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    An article about the Solutions and causes of Poverty
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    This article is about the causes and effects of poverty, and some studies that have been done on it. While reading this article, I was surprised to find out that almost 36 Million people in the United States are in poverty.
Goldblum J

Poverty & Crime - 2 views

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    This article talks about the statistics of poverty, crime, and the relations between this controversial issue.
Cook A

Poverty in America is on the Rise - 1 views

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    This article is about staistics and how America is ineffective at reducing poverty. The United States has suffered with having almost the highest poverty rate. One in every three adults will experience extreme poverty at least one year of their adult life. 6.8 of these extremely poor people are men, with the women making up the difference of 9.1 million.
Goldblum J

Does Poverty Cause Crime? - 0 views

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    This is an article about how crimes relate to poverty, statistics, misconceptions, and theories about this issue.
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    i think this article is direct relatio with poverty because its very true, although people might not see a connection there is one.
Smyth C

Stories of Poverty - 4 views

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    These are the stories of many children and tennagers tat are facing poverty. One of the articles I find really disturbing is the one about white Guinea Worms, which grow in the body after drinking contaminated water and eventually burst throught the skin, to be pulled out by hand. These parasites can grow to be meters in length.
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    It's sad to see these stories about children growing up in poverty. I was reading one about a girl named Yuleini and it said while her mother and stepfather were at work, she had to cook meals for her 4 siblings, wash their clothes, and play with them. She is taking on a lot of responsiblity and she will grow up to be a good mother to her children.
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    I read about a 13 year old girl, and she coooks, cleans and does almoast everything for the family. very sad
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    it makes me feel so lucky for what I have... :/
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    Those worms are disgusting. ;_; It's amazing what these people have to go through.
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    I can't beleive that people actualy have to go through that. Sometimes i just live in my own little world, and am oblivous to things around me. I notice the weird things, like how there is a gree bug in the snow, but i don't notice the walls, or the poverty going on around me. It's just unreal that things like worms can actually live in your body.
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    curaline i love it! i mean not in the way you'd think but it the way of how its very good. i like how it gives the childs story and such and age makes me like living in ohio.
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    the stories are so touching! I love Himal's story, just because it was so intense
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    It's so sad to see what people have to go through, and it's great that these organizations are providing them education.
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    I think that is was so sad when the kids were talking about their dreams one day of going to college and pulling themselves out of poverty. Hopefully one day the United States and even us can help them to achieve their goals and dreams.
Borror D

census on poverty.. - 4 views

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    I was unpleasantly surprised when I read these statistics about poverty. I really didn't realize that so many people in the United States were poor. Oh yeah, and it's a good website. checkitout! c:
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    oh thats so eye opening
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    This article was really a wake up call. I never realized that that many people were in poverty, and i never really thought about how many children were in poverty. This is a really good article if you are interested in the statistics of poverty
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    I cant believe how many people are in poverty in our country
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    I was so surprised when i read this. I had absolutley no idea how many people were affected by poverty, especially children.
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    This is very interesting and its good to know the percentages for poverty rates and stuff. it is kind of sad, though, how extremly high all these percentages are.
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    I am amazed that the official rate of poverty was 14.3 in 2009. from the 13.2 from 2008
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    The statistics were crazy shocking!!!
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    It's sad how much the people in poverty goes up in only 1 year.
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    ahhhh! everyone's just like, "Oh how eye opening!" -_-
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    I think the saddest thing about this is that there is so much good info and statistics out there, like this website, but so many people don't know how bad poverty really is. I had no idea that poverty was this bad, or that it was increasing this fast.
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