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Here are few links that fellow BTC of Poverty team members recently found. Read on to learn more about the poverty situation in which our country is...

US | February 20, 2008
Higher Education Gap May Slow Economic Mobility
By ERIK ECKHOLM
The poor could have a harder time moving up the income ladder as the higher education gap widens, a report said. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/us/20mobility.html?ex=1204174800&en=6f66cac2a0185c45&ei=5070&emc=eta1



Posted on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008
Homeless men raise voices, lift themselves
By PETER BAILEY
http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/424038.html



US | February 15, 2008
Attacks on the Homeless Rise, With Youths Mostly to Blame
By AMY GREEN
Nationwide, violence against the homeless is soaring, and overwhelmingly the attackers are teenagers and young adults.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/us/15homeless.html?ex=1203742800&en=22fa6b13f0704b37&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Op-Ed Columnist
Poverty Is Poison
By PAUL KRUGMAN

Published: February 18, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/opinion/18krugman.html?ex=1204088400&en=94fa25ba8f688210&ei=5070&emc=eta1


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/opinion/18krugman.html?ex=1204088400&e
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The New York Times

February 18, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Poverty Is Poison
By PAUL KRUGMAN

"Poverty in early childhood poisons the brain."