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Poverty (24 found)
Natasha interviews minority teens in the suburbs to explore the relationship between race and success. (full text)
Coney Island, Sheila's neighborhood, is a barren place of housing projects and empty lots, but what makes it different from other "bad" neighborhoods are the beach, boardwalk, and amusement park rides.
This teen-friendly guide to the Occupy Wall Street movement—with accompanying videos—explains the financial inequality that activists are protesting. (full text)
This teen-friendly guide to the Occupy Wall Street movement—with accompanying videos—explains the financial inequality that activists are protesting. (full text)
This teen-friendly guide to the Occupy Wall Street movement—with accompanying videos—explains the financial inequality that activists are protesting. (full text)
Facing severe budget shortfalls, states are cutting childcare subsidies to needy families, raising concerns that more children will end up in foster care. (full text)
Infographic of gap between rich and poor; cost of education; average income with high school and college degrees, etc. (full text)
The recession of 2008-2011 is the latest setback for Marco’s father, an immigrant who hoped to find financial stability when he came to the U.S. 20 years ago. (full text)
By American standards, Leneli’s relatives in the Philippines are poor; but they’re rich in love and community.
Growing up in the ghetto, Hattie doesn’t know another world exists until she moves to a better neighborhood and realizes she can achieve much more in life.
Lily feels neglected by her hardworking immigrant parents, until she travels to China and sees the poverty they escaped.
When she visits her native Pakistan, Maria is appalled by the poverty she sees and decides to become involved in fighting it.
A lot of students rebel against school by refusing to eat the cafeteria food (which is also associated with poverty), but Kenneth isn't one of them.
Bushwick, Brooklyn, has a reputation for drugs, violence, and crime. Cheryl, armed with census statistics, uncovers the root cause of the problem: most of the residents are poorly-educated and have limited English proficiency, leading to high unemployment and poverty.
Diana feels ashamed that her family is on welfare—until she sees what it’s like to pay bills. (full text)
When Dean visits a suburban high school he is shocked to discover clean and quiet classrooms, and a lot of learning going on.
Melissa describes a board game that teaches teens about the economic injustices that exploit their neighborhoods.
Max rides the subway all night long to get away from the harsh reality of his "ghetto world." He reflects on his loneliness in foster care and on the crime and discrimination that surround him, but he also knows there's a way out to a better future.
Jeanette lives in East Harlem, a neighborhood plagued by crack and violence. Most of the girls she played tag with are now mothers and a drug-dealing friend was beaten to death, but Jeanette also knows a lot of good, hardworking people who are as ambitious as she is.
Edward is horrified by the poverty he sees in Haiti when his mother forces him to spend a vacation visiting relatives there. But the experience leaves him with a strong desire to help. (full text)
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