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The American Indian College Fund turns 25

by Amy Scott
Oct 20, 2014
The fund aims to bolster lagging American Indian graduation rates.
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The numbers for September 16, 2014

by Tony Wagner
Sep 16, 2014
Poverty, Internet drones and space taxis; here are the numbers we're watching.
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PODCAST: Bank of America settles for $16.65 billion

by David Brancaccio
Aug 21, 2014
Plus: predicting a rise in interest rates and Ebola's effect on Africa's economy.
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Keeping teachers in the classroom

by Noel King
Jul 18, 2014
Public schools are struggling with teacher retention.
Public schools are having a hard time keeping teachers.
(Karin ZEITVOGEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Obama will see problems on reservations first hand

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 13, 2014
The Census Bureau says 27 percent of Native Americans are poor.
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How we measure the poverty line(s)

by Noel King
May 16, 2014
It wasn't until the early 1960s that we even drew the poverty line.
The World Bank is rethinking where it sets the poverty line.
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images
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The Secret Life of a Food Stamp

Part III: Hungry for savings

by Krissy Clark
Apr 3, 2014
Walmart donates billions to anti-hunger initiatives. Some of those efforts benefit its own employees.
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War on Poverty

American presidents and the rhetoric of poverty

by Noel King
Jan 8, 2014
January 8, 2014, marks fifty years since President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty in America.
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War on Poverty

50 years of the War on Poverty. But which poverty?

by Kate Davidson
Jan 8, 2014
The 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson's declaration of the War on Poverty.
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Is the World Bank a victim of its own success?

by Sally Herships
Jan 3, 2014
Three quarters of the world's poor live in middle-income countries.
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