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Child poverty

A more accurate measure of poverty?

by Amy Scott
Sep 15, 2015
A look behind the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure.
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Poor children, a new majority in public schools

by Amy Scott
Jan 16, 2015
More than half of U.S. public school students come from low-income families, report says.
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Comcast expands low-income internet program

by Molly Wood
Aug 5, 2014
Looking at the motivations behind Comcast's eased eligibility requirements.
A Comcast contractor repair pickup. The cable company has been expanding eleigibility for its low-income internet program, which critics allege is mainly to curry the favor of regulators for its merger with Time Warner Cable. 
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Fiscal Cliff

How the fiscal cliff may affect child poverty

by Marketplace Contributor
Nov 30, 2012
Much of the buzz about the fiscal cliff has been about how it will affect the wealthy and middle class. But how might it impact children living if poverty if a deal isn't reached?
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Tough Choices: How the poor spend money

by Tess Vigeland
Oct 5, 2012
Three families living around the poverty line in San Diego tell Marketplace Money what it means to spend money when you don't have a whole lot of it.
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Young, poor and creative in San Diego

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 29, 2012
Kids growing up in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego weigh in on their community through photos and videos
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