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While executive actions from the White House can help to tackle environmental racism and bring the issue into the national conversation, eliminating the existence of sacrifice zones beyond a presidential term requires strong legislation from local, state, and federal lawmakers.

Defining America's "Poor."

(Archived document, may contain errors)   August 2,1991 HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION AMONG AMERICAN CHILDREN INTRODUCTION A startling number of children are in danger of starving... one out of eight children is going hungry tonight. So began a CBS Evening News broadcast last March 27th.

The COVID-19 pandemic had devastating health, economic and social consequences. In New York, the pandemic and ensuing economic shutdown produced almost 2 million job losses in 2020. Yet for many, economic hardships existed long before this time.

Next week the United States Census Bureau will release its annualreport on "poverty" stating, as it has for many years, that thereare some 31 million to 32 million poor Americans, a number greaterthan in 1965 when the War on Poverty began.

(Archived document, may contain errors) d d I 390 November 1, 1984 THE PROBLEMS OF MEASURING POVERTY INTRODUCTION Federal, state, and local governments last -year spent $107.5 billion on the major means-tested transf er programs--usually called we1fare.l According to the Census Bureau, 35.3 million Americans were "in poverty" that year. If this cash had been given outright to those poor, it would have averaged $3,048 per person, or a grant of $12,193 to a family of fo ur--well above th...

Next week the United States Census Bureau will release its annualreport on "poverty" stating, as it has for many years, that thereare some 31 million to 32 million poor Americans, a number greaterthan in 1965 when the War on Poverty began.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15-- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report by Katherine Keisler-Starkey and Lisa N. Bunch entitled "Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2020":. What Is Health Insurance Coverage? The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the Current Population Survey Annual Social Economic Supplement... 2.

Now. and look at the poverty status in those states. look at this. you see a lot of this yellow-orange on your screen. that means, below average for poverty status in most of those states. only, i believe, three or two of those states on the screen. two of them are above average for poverty. what does that mean? it means the states that are getting vaccinated the most have the fewest number of poor people in them. and this is something we have seen in the polling, as well, right? where wealthier...