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McCain talks poverty in Appalachia Maeve Reston Los Angeles Times April 24, 2008

For children, a better beginning: study finds progress on array of issues from birth to 10 Donna St. George  Washington Post April 24, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)

Leaders of Mexico and Canada back President Bush on trade Steven Lee Myers New York Times April 23, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  See Hunger Notes special report Trade and hunger

Jenna Kusek of Bethesda helps build a house during the three weeks she spent last summer in a village in Tanzania. Photo: Jenna Kusek/Washington Post

Teens on a mission: learning real-life lessons by volunteering abroad Cindy Loose  Washington Post April 20, 2008

Defense Secretary Gates, Secretary of State Rice urge specific plan to integrate military activities and foreign aid, including 'Global Train and Equip'  Anne Scott Tyson Washington Post April 10, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) 

Bush concedes defeat on Colombia trade pact Dan Eggen Washington Post April 15, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)    Democrats seek delay on Colombia trade pact Paul Kane and Dan Eggen Washington Post April 10, 2008 

Job losses bolster calls for extension of unemployment benefits Erik Eckholm New York Times April 9, 2008  (You will leave this site.)  International Monetary Fund: US credit crunch costs '$1 trillion'  Steve Schifferes BBC News  April 1, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  As jobs vanish and prices rise, food stamp use nears record  Eric Eckholm New York Times March 31, 2008 (You will leave this site.)

A US government initiative will focus on people like these men, who were freed from prison in Huntsville, Tex.  Photo Erin Trieb/New York Times

US government shifting prison focus to re-entry into society Erik Eckholm New York Times April 8, 2008  (You will leave this site.)

US Congress authorizes tripling of expenditure on HIV/AIDS in developing countries--money must also be appropriated, a much more difficult task  BBC News  April 3, 2008 (You will leave this site.) 

Foreign wealth funds defend US investments Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post March 27, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)

Inflation hits the poor hardest as food and other basic items climb rapidly Neil Irwin and Alejandro Lazo Washington Post March 21, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)

Obama says United States cannot ignore race BBC News  March 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  Text of Obama's speech

  Alex Clay sits on his mattress at a homeless camp under the I-10 overpass at Claiborne Avenue and Canal Street in New Orleans, La., after losing his Lower 9th Ward home in Hurricane Katrina's fury. Photo:Tim J. Mueller/USA TODAY

Rebuilding New Orleans-- a letter from a visitor  Paula Smith-Vanderslice Hunger Notes April 11, 2008 New Orleans' homeless rate swells to 1 in 25 Rick Jervis USA Today March 17, 2008 

Drawing on firepower, savage intimidation, and cash, drug cartels have come to control key parts of the U.S.-Mexico border, as Mexican troops wage a multi-front war with the private armies of rival drug lords. Photo: Washington Post

Drug trade tyranny on the border: Mexican cartels maintain grasp with weapons, cash and savagery Manuel Roig-Franzia Washington Post March 16, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.)

More than one in every 100 US adults are now behind bars, the highest percentage in the world Pew Center on the States February 29, 2008

Administration and House leaders agree on bill authorizing a tripling of AIDS funding; money must still be appropriated David Brown Washington Post February 28, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Bush: 'US is not seeking Africa bases' BBC News  February 20, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  China not US rival in Africa, Bush says BBC News  February 20, 2008 African AIDS crisis continues despite $15 billion US initiative Craig Timberg Washington Post February 20, 2008 Bush highlights malaria campaign BBC News  February 19, 2008   Widespread use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and state-of-the-art drugs succeeds in cutting malaria deaths in half in Rwanda and Ethiopia David Brown Washington Post February 1, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.)

Low unemployment rate hides rise in long-term jobless  Kevin G. Hall  McClatchy Newspapers February 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.) 

Jerry Ball is an African American poultry plant worker in Mississippi, whose hands suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome, showing the impact of 13 years on the line in the plant. Although there was originally friction between African Americans and Hispanics in poultry plants and other workplaces where they competed for jobs, they came together to form the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance.  Photo: David Bacon

Black and brown together: the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA) David Bacon March 2008

The border fence between the United States and Mexico stretches for hundreds of miles. Photo: BBC

In Northern Virginia, a Latino community unravels as job losses and local law hit illegal immigrants and others N.C. Aizenman Washington Post March 27, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) DHS strains as goals, mandates go unmet  Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post March 6, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Texans ponder where 'NAFTA superhighway' might take them Peter Canellos Boston Globe March 4, 2008US border virtual fence project fails Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post February 28, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.)  Divided views as US border fence goes up Duncan Kennedy BBC News January 31, 2008 (You will leave this site. Republican party candidates Huckabee and McCain on immigration Americas Policy Program  February 9, 2007 Democratic party candidates Clinton and Obama on immigration Americas Policy Program  January 22, 2007 See also The truth about illegal immigration and crime: immigrants, whether legal or illegal, are substantially less likely to commit crimes or to be incarcerated than U.S. citizens Tom Barry Center for International Policy February 6, 2007

Proposed trade deals with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea face strong resistance in United States Anthony Faiola Washington Post February 15, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) See Hunger Notes special report: Global issues: trade, hunger and poverty

Boost in tax credit sought for childless poor Tony Pugh McClatchy Newspapers February 5, 2008 (You will leave this site.)

Resegregation of US schools deepening  Amanda Paulson Christian Science Monitor January 25, 2008

Guam braces for US military buildup that will increase island's population by 25 percent Blaine Harden Washington Post January 25, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.)

Congress approves US economic stimulus plan. Those with incomes too low to tax would receive $300. BBC News  February 8, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  Wall Street bonuses keep coming:  seven big firms boost total compensation and benefits to a combined $122 billion in spite of incurring mortgage-related losses of $55 billion, and wiping out more than $200 billion in shareholder value Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Renae Merle Washington Post January 29, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Complex financial trades worry economy watchers: rise of bets called swaps could worsen subprime damage David Cho Washington Post January 25, 2008  Bush and House in accord on $150 billion stimulus package David M. Herszenhorn New York Times January 25, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  Federal Reserve cuts interest rate to stem financial market panic Neil Irwin and David Cho Washington Post January 23, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.)  Bush calls for economic stimulus package BBC News  January 18, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Wall Street bonuses hit record $39 billion for 2007 in spite of record company losses due to subprime mortgage involvement Christine Harper Bloomberg News January 18, 2008 (You will leave this site.)

 Things look bleak on Franklin Avenue in downtown Aliquippa, Pa., once a steelmaking power, and now the center of Beaver County's drug trade, estimated at $30 million in 2006. Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP

Rust Belt towns fighting new type of decay: drugs Ramit Plushnick-Masti Associated Press  January 21, 2008

Hunger persists in US cities--23 city survey by US mayors sees rising need for food and affordable housing Hunger Notes December 22, 2007

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