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Image: Job seekers waiting for unemployment benefits in Buffalo, NY. AP Photo/David Duprey Disturbing news from the U.S. Census Bureau, which has just released a report on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage for 2011. According to the report, 27.6 percent of black Americans, or 10.9 million, live in poverty, where poverty is defined as […]
If you’re a single mother, you should really be worried! The poverty data released this week from the U.S. Census is a harsh reminder of what the economic toll for single mothers. Two-thirds (66 percent) of low-income African American children live in single-mother households. According to the Huffington Post, In September the Economic Policy Institute […]
