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June 2008

• Mercury News (06/18/08): Kids who need preschool the most aren't enrolled
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (06/16/08): States move toward uniform graduation rate reporting
• CNN (06/16/08): Is America's suburban dream collapsing into a nightmare?
• Washington Post (06/13/08): Report Finds Racial Disparities in teh Severity of Punishment
• The Oregonian (06/12/08): Oregon ranks No.17 in latest Kids Count
• Augusta Chronicle (06/12/08): Million more children now living in poverty
• Newport Times (06/11/08): County making inroads toward community land trust
• The Christian Science Monitor (06/11/08): Health Insurance Falling Short
• The New York Times (06/10/08): Ranks of Underinsured Are Rising, Study Finds
• The Oregonian (06/10/08): 22 will graduate from Forest Grove Hish School with I Have A Dream scholarships
• The Seattle Times (06/10/08): 15 seized in homeless protest
• The Oregonian (06/10/08): Governor's plan aims at root causes
• New York Times (06/09/08): States Take New Tack on Illegal Immigration
• New York Times (06/09/08): Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as Gas Tops $4 Average
• The Oregonian (06/08/08): Trying to rescue Native youth
• Los Angeles Times (06/08/08): U.S.-born children feel effects of immigration raids
• New York Times (06/07/08): Unemployment Rate hits 5.5% as 49,000 Jobs Lost
• NewsDay (06/07/08): Families benefit from creative solutions to 'food deserts'
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (06/07/08): Foster child stats stir concern
• Science Daily (06/06/08): Improved Foster Care Reduces Risk Of Adult Mental And Physical Illness, Study Finds
• Inside Higher Education (06/06/08): When Job Training Benefits Run Dry
• Buffalo News (06/05/08): Brookings study urges changes for Earned Income Tax Credit
• New York Times (06/05/08): Research Finds Wide Disparities in health Care by Race and Region
• New York Times (06/05/08): A city Where hospitals Are as Ill as the Patients
• Bend Weekly (06/04/08): Report: Oregon shows increase in racial, ethnic diversity
• San Diego Union Tribune (06/05/08): Champion of homeless retires from city position
• Washington Post (06/04/08): Extension of Benefits For Jobless Is at Risk
• Sacramento Bee (06/01/08): Effort to find ineligible Medi-Cal recipients worries some
• American Medical News (06/09/08): California doctors sue to block Medicaid cuts
• The Oregonian (06/04/08): 91% of Washington seniors pass skills tests
• The Statesman Journal (06/03/08): More OHP applications to be sent
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (06/03/08): Homeless advocates sue Lacey over tent city ban
• San Diego Union-Tribune (06/03/08): California approves Prop 99 initiative limiting home seizures
• Stateline (06/02/08): State jobless benefits reserves low
• The New York Times (06/02/08): Student Loans Start to Bypass 2-Year Colleges
• Diverse (06/02/08): Minority Students' Dropout Rates at Crisis Levels
• Seattle Times (06/01/08): Volunteer dentists, hygienists filling a need
• San Mateo County Times (06/01/08): Stanford scholars try to measure poverty

May 2008

• The Bakersfield Californian (05/31/08): Wage instability plagues workers
• The Press-Enterprise (05/30/08): Assembly passes sick leave bill that would cover all workers in state
• Oregon Public Broadcasting (05/30/08): Seattle Woman Studies Anthropology of Homelessness
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (05/30/08): Minority students' dropoutrates at crisis levels
• Los Angeles Times (05/30/08): Senate OKs measure to ban smoking in apartments
• Oregon Public Broadcasting (05/29/08): Law Enforcement Applauds Head Start Funding
• ABC (05/29/08): Poor Families Now Have Access to Specialized Health Care
• New America Media (05/29/08): Poor to Take Brunt of California Budget Cuts
• Orange County Register (05/29/08): Grand jury: Pregnant teens don't know where to go for help
• The Washington Post (05/27/08): Study of '94 Adoption Law Finds Little Benefit to Blacks
• The Sacramento Bee (05/27/08): State cuts to health and social services will hit some hard
• The Press Democrat (05/27/08): Feeding those in need gets tougher
• The Washington Post (05/27/08): Rising Prices Hit Home For Food Stamp Recipients
• The Washington Post (05/24/08): Judge Negates Medicaid Rules That Would Cut Hospital Payments
• Population Reference Bureau (05/08): State-by-State Costs of Child Poverty in the U.S.
• United Press International (05/28/08): Children's healthcare differs among states
• The Press-Enterprise (05/24/08): Green apartment complex in La Quinta targets low-income residents
• Oregon Public Broadcasting (05/22/08): Helping Homeless Families In Washington County
• The Detroit News (05/22/08): Study: Sentencing guidelines ease discrimination
• The Press-Enterprise (05/21/08): California officials meet in Riverside to discus housing crisis
• The Daily Breeze (05/20/08): Are L.A. County homes affordable?
• Sacramento Business Journal (05/20/08): Half of Sacramento families can afford homes in region
• The Washington Times (05/20/08): Many states leave behind education law
• San Francisco Chronicle (05/20/08): State budget to chop dental benefits for poor
• The Buffalo News (05/18/08): Poverty in the golden years
• Los Angeles Times (05/19/08): Aid for California's disabled in peril
• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (05/18/08): Governor aims to reduce welfare rolls
• USA Today (05/17/08): New breed of American emerges in need of food
• Puget Sound Business Journal (05/16/08): Credit crunch hits funds for affordable housing projects in Washington
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (05/16/08): Rising food prices are likely to worsen U.S. obesity rate
• The Salem News (05/15/08): New Report Calculates Pay Advantage of Union Jobs in Oregon
• The Oregonian (05/13/08): Homeless protest at City Hall clears out at sunset
• New York Times (05/12/08): State Programs Add Safety Net for the Poorest
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (05/01/08): No easy access to fresh groceries in many parts of Seattle
• New York Times (04/20/08): The Wage That meant Middle Class
• The Oregonian (05/05/08): 3,000 more residents get Oregon health Plan applications
• The Oregonian (05/04/08): Protesters at City Hall asked to remove tents
• The Oakland Tribune (05/04/08): High living costs challenge seniors
• San Diego Union Tribune (05/04/08): New twist to old issue of 'taking' of property
• Marin Independent Journal (05/03/08): In troubled economy, affordable housing faces new hurdles
• The Oregonian (05/02/08): Homeless draw attention to their plight
• The Washington Post (05/02/08): Study Questions 'No Child' Act's Reading Plan
• The Willamette Week (05/01/08): Activists say homeless population may be double official count
• San Francisco Chronicle (05/01/08): S.F.'s Care Not Cash a success, audit shows

April 2008

• The Washington Post (04/30/08): Crop subsidies switched to feeding needy as food prices rise
• Los Angeles Times (04/30/08): Workers; health insurance costs soar
• New York Times (04/29/08): Study Warns Job Losses Will Strain Government Health Programs
• Christian Science Monitor (04/29/08): Schools use cash as an incentive to boost attendance and scores
• Los Angeles Times (04/29/08): Tip-dependent workers feeling the slump
• California Healthline (04/28/08): Holes Forming in Health Care Safety Net for California Children
• Oakland Herald (04/28/08): Hundreds protest cuts in welfare payments
• Los Angeles Times (04/28/08): Nutritional Changes to WIC program will allow low-income mothers to buy fruits and vegetables
• San Diego Business Journal (04/28/08): Budget Cuts Put Hospitals and Lives at Risk
• The Sacramento Bee (04/27/08): Schools reclassify students, pass test under federal law
• San Francisco Chronicle (04/27/08): Legislating a way out of the housing crisis
• California Healthline (04/25/08): Specialists Decline to Staff Southern California Hospital EDs
• Washington Post (04/25/08): 1 in 4 Uninsured Are Eligible for Aid But Aren't Enrolled
• Christian Science Monitor (04/24/08): US Pushes States To Count Graduation Rates The Same
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution (04/24/08): Single Parenting: Some richer, some poorer
• Stateline (04/23/08): Credit crunch hits states' college loans
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (04/23/08): A school for kids living in poverty
• San Francisco Chronicle (04/22/08): Food program for poor senior faces cutbacks
• Christian Science Monitor (04/22/08): California Pays Rising Price for Prison Growth
• USA Today (04/20/08): Renters can't escapte housing foreclodure crisis
• The Oregonian (04/21/08): Backpack Friday fights hunger at one school on the Oregon Coast
• Sacramento News & Review (04/19/08): Ending homelessness...one person at a time
• The California Endowment (04/17/08): New Report Finds the State’s Poorest Children Vulnerable to Being Dropped from Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Even Though They Remain Eligible
• KTVL.com (04/16/08): Uninsured Patients - Costing Local Hospitals
• New York Times (04/16/08): Foreclosures Push States to Try a Mix of Solutions
• Stateline.org (04/16/08): More state give tax credits to working poor
• California Healthline (04/15/08): Bill Could Pave Way for Expanded Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans
• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (04/15/08): Seattle homeless camp policy under fire
• The Portland Business Journal (04/15/08): Oregon health Plan cutbacks sent more to ER
• The Voice of San Diego (04/14/08): Three Decades Later, Busing is Revered, Resented and Routine
• The Los Angeles Daily News (04/14/08): More Mentally ill end up in jails
• California Healthline (04/14/08): California's Mental Health System May be Headed for Crisis
• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (04/13/08): Vacant to affordable
• The Federal Way Mirror (04/12/08): State offers tuition relief with college scholarships
• RM Global Health (04/11/08): Low Socioeconomic Status a Risk Factor for Heart Graft Failure
• The Salem-News (04/10/08): How America Really Treats Combat Vets: A Marine's Story Part 1
• The Salem-News (04/12/08): How America Really Treats Combat Vets: A Marine's Story Part 2
• The Salem-News (04/12/08): How America Really Treats Combat Vets: A Marine's Story Part 3
• The Ledger (04/12/08): Income Gap Gets Worse in Retirement
• The Wall Street Journal (04/10/08): Bill Advances to Suspend Medicaid Cost-Shift Rules
• The New York Times (04/09/08): Job Losses bolster Calls for Extension of benefits
• The New York Times (04/08/08): U.S. Shifting Prison Focus to Re-entry Into Society
• California Healthline (04/10/08): Efforts To Block Changes In Medicaid Gain Steam In Congress
• The Salem-News (04/09/08): Oregon Health Plan Applications Sent to 35 Counties
• The Oregonian (04/09/08): Clinics for low-income residents to close
• Oregon Daily Emerald (04/08/08): Oregon's "Little Mexico" serves as an example of diversity
• The Daily Astorian (04/07/08): North Coast parents struggle for answers in the work-to-pay-for-child-care trap
• The Appeal-Democrat (04/07/08): Food stamps usage climbs
• The Mercury News (04/07/08): Sick leave bill to get California Assembly hearing
• The Daily Herald (04/06/08): A new model in low-income housing
• The Wall Street Journal (04/05/08): States Mortgage Relief Programs Aren't Helping Much
• NPR's Morning Edition (04/09/08): Opposition to Proposed Homeowner Bailout Growing (includes an interview with Rachel Kleit
• The Tavis Smiley Show: Special Feature Below the Line: The Changing Face of Poverty in America (Audio files available at the bottom of the page)
• The Bulletin (04/06/08): Programs bring homes into reach
• Tri-City Herald (04/06/08): Group helping homeless Tri-City teens
• North County Times (04/05/08): Poor students do better in wealthier schools, test scores show
• KIMA (04/01/08): State starts work on sales tax credit for poor
• The Register-Guard (04/04/08): Bellwether of bad times
• Washington Post (04/02/08): Report Finds Big Disparities in Well-Being of U.S. Kids
• Stateline (04/03/08): States think smaller, slower on immigration

January 2008

• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (01/11/08): Homeless get 48 hours to leave
• The Tidings (01/11/08): 'It's very sad the way I live now'
• Stateline (01/11/08): For universal health care, two states push big plans
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (01/10/08): Census: Number of WA people in poverty on the rise
• San Francisco Chronicle (01/10/08): Appeals court allows S.F. to enforce health care law
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (01/09/08): Seattle saved $3.2 million by housing most difficult homeless
• Los Angeles Times (01/09/08): County homeless plan wins key vote
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (01/09/08): Legislative Outlook: Real tax relief
• The Oregonian (01/08/08): Health care at stake in lottery
• The Mercury News (01/08/08): Sex-offender law having unintended consequences, state panel told
• Affordable Housing (01/08): Seeds of Change: New farmworker housing projects open despite growing challenges
• The Oregonian (01/08/08): Activists sleep out to support the homeless

December 2007

• Modesto Bee (12/17/07): County cutting ties with Kaiser
• USA Today (12/16/07):: More families seek aid
• San Fracisco Chronicle (12/16/07): S.F. leaders hear about Portland's approach to homelessness
• San Diego Union-Tribune (12/16/07): Builders fear low homeownership rate
• Simi Valley Acorn (12/14/07): Hospital ends contract with Medi-Cal
• Bend Weekly News (12/14/07): Annual report charts Oregon's participation in school breakfast program
• Sacramento Bee (12/14/07): Mental health shift sparks suit
• The Bellingham Herald (12/12/07): Health-care costs take bigger bite of income
• Los Angeles Times (12/12/07): 401(k) study has bad news for young workers
• Seattle Post Intelligencer (12/12/07): Harassing homeless now a crime in Seattle
• Seattle Post Intelligencer (12/10/07): 'Women Behind Bars' is a shocking new book
• The Oregonian (12/09/07): Killers hooked on crocheting as a 'small part' of atonement
• Corvallis Gazette-Times (12/08/07): Tuition will be refunded
• Santa Cruz Sentinel (12/08/07): Low-income families may face health insurance cuts
• Fresno Bee (12/07/07): Homeless authority challenges local leaders
• Ventura County Star (12/07/07): SoCal 'report card' has B, C and (gulp) D marks
• Washington Post (12/06/07): USDA revises food program for women and children
• Los Angeles Times (12/06/07): 1 in 3 would deny illegal immigrants social services
• CIDRAP (12/04/07): Promising Practices for Pandemic Planning, Guide helps homeless shelter prepare
• Ballard news-Tribune (12/04/07): Homeless numbers growing
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (12/04/07): Seattle may make harassing homeless a crime
• San Francisco Chronicle (12/04/07): Program helps low-income S.F. residents start bank accounts
• L.A. Times (12/04/07): A crack in a safe -- and a dent in their lives
• New York Times (12/01/07): Mothers Scrimp as States Take Child Support
• San Mateo County Times (11/30/07): State program helps low-income drivers obtain insurance
• San Bernardino Sun (12/02/07): Neighbors continue to fight housing proposal

November 2007

• Longview Daily News (11/29/07): New legal aid office can help bring justice for all
• Seaside Signal (11/29/07): Planners give boost to affordable housing
• The Oregonian (11/29/07): UO to cover tuition and fees for low-income students
• Oregon Daily Emerald (11/28/07): UO lacks low-cost housing options
• KTVZ (11/28/07): Central Oregon's homeless student ranks growing
• Los Angeles Times (11/27/07): Justices uphold welfare home searches
• Los Angeles Times (11/27/07) Study finds immigrants' use of healthcare system lower than expected
• KGW (11/28/07): Ore. health board takes stab at universal health care question
• Los Angeles Times (11/27/07): Community groups protest Tesco's Fresh & Easy
• The Seattle Times (11/27/07): Meet our "middle class": Microsoftie, civil servant
• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (11/27/07): AMQD against housing project
• San Francisco Chronicle (11/27/07): Berkeley City Council to consider revised homeless initiative
• The Oregonian (11/27/07): Oregon Legislature to hold hearings on foster children, meds
• Statesman Journal (11/27/07): Financial help for Oregon college students
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (11/26/07): Olympia's homeless camp moving to another church
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (11/26/07): City halts action on homeless
• Crosscut (11/26/07): Big development comes to Yessler Terrace
• Seattle Times (11/25/07): An uprooted family finds its footing
• The Register Guard (11/22/07): It's no 'Healthy Kids,' but lawmakers seek fixes for health coverage bill
• The Olympian (11/20/07): Group calls for insurance easement
• The Register Guard (11/10/07): County lands funds for housing
• The Oregonian (11/01/07): Mentally ill people with HIV will get help with housing
• Los Angeles Times (11/19/07): L.A. County might get new homeless program
• New York Times (11/18/07): As Owners Feel Mortgage Pain, So Do Renters
• USA Today (11/15/07): Study tracks hunger among children
• New York Times (11/15/07): 8 Democrats Pose Hurdle for Children's Health Bill
• Newsday (11/14/07): Congress Passes 5-Year Head Start Bill
• Green Bay Press-Gazette (11/14/07): Number of low-income schools 'need improvement' rose in 26 states
• Washington Post (11/14/07): Thousands of Medicaid Providers Fail to Pay Taxes, GAO Finds
• Washington Post (11/13/07): Middle-Class Dream Eludes African American Families
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (11/13/07): Racial bias seen in foster care
• USA Today (11/11/07): Taking U.S. pulse on paid sick leave
• New York Times (11/08/07): Surge Seen in Number of Homeless Veterans
• San Francisco Chronicle (11/08/07): Homeless numbers down in U.S.; S.F. called 'model' for outreach
• The Oregonian (11/08/07): Election leaves big question on health costs: Now What?
• Chicago Tribune (11/07/07): Chronic Homelessness Takes Dip in 2005
• The Oregonian (11/06/07): Oregon to vote on children's health care
• New York Times (11/06/07): Dubious Fees Hit Borrowers in Foreclosures
• Los Angeles Times (11/05/07): Filling in 'food deserts'
• The Washington post (11/02/07): Congress Passes Kids health Bill Again
• hristian Science Monitor (11/01/07): Colleges Pledge Support for Low-Income Students

October 2007

• New York Times (10/31/07): Some Respite, if Little Cheer, for Skid Row Homeless
• Press-Enterprise (10/30/07): Foster parents go new route
• Seattle Times (10/25/07): Arming low-income Americans with the tools of the digital age
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (10/26/07): Working poor spend lives just a step ahead of disaster
• New York Times (10/26/07): House Defies Bush and Passes Insurance Bill
• Los Angeles Times (10/29/07): Stuck on Skid Row
• The Olympian (10/13/07): Computer system an issue for family leave
• LA Times (10/12/07): Survey finds homeless numbers drop county wide but are up on skid row
• Wall Street Journal (10/12/07): Income-Inequality Gap Widens
• LA Times (10/11/07): L.A., homeless advocates reach deal on sidewalk sleeping
• The Wall Street Journal (10/11/07): The United States of Subprime
• The Oregonian (10/10/07): Oregon food stamps get benefits increase
• The Washington Post (10/10/07): Study Examines Public, Private Schools
• Los Angeles Daily News (10/08/07): Increasing numbers of homeless LAUSD students face challenges
• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (10/08/07): Living wage gap growing, study finds
• LA Times (10/07/07): County's homeless initiative hits skids, heads in a different direction
• The Morning Call (10/07/07): Poor families paying more, finding less to rent
• The Oregonian (10/07/07): Oregon's foster care fails to thrive
• Inside Bay Area (10/05/07): County may toughen welfare rules
• Washington post (10/04/07): Dental help for Poor Questioned
• LA Times (10/04/07): Foster care pay in called inadequate
• The Columbian (10/03/07): State minimum wage to break $8
• The Seattle Times (10/03/07): Health insurance for kids: Who should get aid?
• The Seattle Times (10/02/07): State trails in paying foster parents
• New Hampshire Business Review (10/02/07): Study probes EITC allocation
• New York Times (10/02/07): 8 States Plan to Press Bush on Health Bill
• San Francisco Chronicle (10/04/07): C.W. Nevius visits the homeless sweep area South of Market
• Seattle Times (10/03/07): Health insurance for kids: who should get aid?

September 2007

• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (09/30/07): Fewer are paid overtime in today's perpetual workplace
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (09/30/07): First came condos, now South Lake Union Community Center is closing
• San Diego Union-Tribune (09/29/07): State: Bush plan would cut health care for 600,000 kids
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (09/28/07): The Pain of Poverty
• Washington Post (09/28/07): Bush Signs Sweeping Student Loan Bill Into Law, Adding and Asterisk
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (09/27/07): Family leave plan will cost $30 million yearly
• New York Times (09/27/07): Senate Passes Children's Health Plan
• U.S. News and World Report (09/25/07): Higher Utility Bills Face Homeowners
• San Diego Union-Tribune (09/24/07): Luxury project becomes affordable
• The Seatlle Post-Intelligencer (09/23/07): Gifts at sweet 16 party go to food bank, kids
• The LA Times (09/23/07): Bush to veto children's healthcare bill
• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (09/23/07): City approves deal to raze Navy homes
• Stateline (09/21/07): Congress revisits Medical ID law
• The New York Times (09/21/07): Deal in Congress on Child Health
• The LA Times (09/21/07): Study finds 89.6 million lacked health insurance
• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (09/19/07): Council panel OKs razing of Discovery Park homes
• The Oregonian (09/17/07): A hand to the homeless, from one who knows
• The Oakland Tribune (09/15/07): Mortgage crisis hurting tenants
• The New York Times (09/14/07): San Francisco to offer healthcare for uninsured adults
• The Oregonian (09/14/07): For some kids there is no such thing as a free lunch
• LA Times (09/14/07): Healthcare cuts add hurdles for poor families
• The San Diego Union-Tribune (09/14/07): San Diego gets OK to control public housing
• The San Diego Union-Tribune (09/14/07): Longtime housing official to retire
• The Statesman Journal (09/13/07): S-K enrolls more homeless students in 2007
• The Oregonian (09/13/07): More kids have school but not a home
• The Register-Guard (09/13/07): Count of Oregon homeless students up nearly 18%
• LA Times (09/13/07): State to release $64 million for mental health
• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (09/12/07): 'Home stagers' to fix up shelter for teens
• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (09/12/07): Religious leaders work to tackle homeless problem
• The San Diego Union-Tribune (09/12/07): City Council delays decision on site for homeless shelter
• The New York Times (09/12/07): Housing Costs Consumed More of Paychecks in 2006
• The Oregonian (09/11/07) Project Access Now
• The Sacramento Bee (09/11/07): Judge says LA rent control laws protect federally subsidized poor
• LA Times (09/11/07): Skid row baby died as social worker delayed stepping in
• The San Diego Union-Tribune (09/11/07): Neighborhood House runs Head Start
• The San Diego Union-Tribune (09/11/07): Barrio Logan group to fight homeless shelter
• The Seattle Times (09/10/07): Task force fleshing out new family-leave law
• The Sacramento Bee (09/07/07): Homeless teens say goodbye to rats, cramped quarters, hello to clean showers
• The Sacramento Bee (09/06/07): Program fits families in need with new clothes
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (09/06/07): Gateses give $4.5 million to house at-risk families

August 2007

• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (08/30/07): Number living in dilapidated homes has doubled since '96
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (08/28/07): 1 in 10 youths in state live in poverty
• LA Times (08/23/07) Wage gap in state widens, study says
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (08/29/07): He kept food-bank shelves well stocked
• The Oregonian (08/29/07): 17.9% lack health insurance
• The Sacramento Bee (08/29/07): Area sees incomes grow... not that it shows
• The Oregonian (08/27/07): Housing plan for homeless ahead of goal
• The New York Times (08/21/07): Rules May Limit Health Program Aiding Children
• The Washington Times (08/19/07): New poverty report feared distorted by dated premises
• The Statesman Journal (08/20/07): At least one U.S. health safety net is strained but holding strong
• The Christian Science Monitor (08/20/07): Moving the homeless out of shelters, into homes
• The Seattle Times (08/16/07): Forget caviar and lobster; basics are pricey enough
• San Francisco Chronicle (08/15/07): 1,000 Uninsured enrolled in Healthy San Franscico
• Stockton Recrod (08/16/07): Food-assistance stores spark debate over cost
• The Seattle Post Intelligencer (08/21/07): Wages improve for foreign-born Latinos
• The Boston Globe (08/13/07): Many states cut off foster youth at 18
• The Olympian (08/13/07): State at helm of family leave
• Detroit News (08/13/07): OPINION: America's gorwing wealth gap
• The Sacramento Bee (08/13/07): Migrant workers struggle to find housing in rich farming region
• The Columbian (08/06/07): Officials study how to teach kids under 5
• The Washington Times (08/05/07): Critical hunger for reform
• The Oregonian (08/05/07): Affordable rent comes at high price
• The Sacramento Bee (08/01/07): Yet again, deep divide on welfare
• The Eugene Register-Guard (08/01/07): A leap for early learning
• The Seattle TImes (08/07/07): Public defenders handling too many cases, city reports
• Los Angeles Times (08/07/07): Agency likely to seek closure of desert trailer park
• The New York Times (08/02/07): The Senate Passes Children's Health Bill, 68-31
  

July 2007

• The Christian Science Monitor (07/30/07): Yawning rich-poor gap could hobble economy
• San Diego Union-Tribune(07/30/07): State fears insurance for children in jeopardy
• Los Angeles Times (07/29/07): Trading Places
• MarketPlace (Radio) (07/27/07): Banking for the urban poor
• The Los Angeles Times (07/24/07):Minimum wage called elusive for some
• The Christian Science Monitor (07/26/07): Rise in student debt is driving action on the hill
• Post-Bulletin (07/24/07): (OPINION)Take from the CEO's, give to the workers
• Baltimore Sun (07/24/07): Outlook is modest on effect of minimum wage increase
• KUOW (07/23/07): Federal Study Evaluates Seattle Marriage Classes (RADIO)
• The Herald (07/20/07): Statistics Don't Tell the Story of Struggling Families
• The Wall Street Journal (07/20/07): Lawmakers Question if Nonprofit Hospitals Help the Poor Enough
• The Boston Globe (07/20/07): (EDITORIAL) Fight homelessness with data
• The Wall Street Journal (07/19/07): Note to Medicaid Patients: The Doctor Won't See You
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (07/18/07): County offers $18 million to save 162 affordable apartments
• Los Angeles Times (07/18/07): County OK's kids' mental health plan
• The Washington Post (07/15/07): Congress, Bush Clash Over Children's Health Insurance
• The Centre Daily Times (07/15/07): Nation's poor spend most of earnings on rent
• Inside Higher Ed (07/10/07): The Working Poor and College Access
• Boston Globe (07/16/07): No Child law's authors work on a revision
• Fresno Bee (07/14/07): Calif. community get students in school, not always out
• The Mercury news (07/13/07): Fewer California parole violators being sent back to jail
• Los Angeles Times (07/13/07): John Edwards road-tests poverty theme
• The Oregonian (07/09/07):Payday lenders lose interest in Oregon over rate caps
• Sacramento Bee (07/09/07): Female inmates: Jammed behind bars?
• US News and World Report (07/08/07): Taking a new course in class
• New York Times (07/06/07): California Investigates Mother-and-Child Prison Center

June 2007

• Los Angeles Times (06/15/07): Poor families face low-income housing hurdles
• Eugene Register-Guard, 6/4/07 - EDITORIAL: Relief for Working Poor of Oregon
• OC Register (6/6/07): SF Workers To Start Collecting Mandatory Sick Days
• LA Times (6/7/07): Saving May Not Pay Off for Poor
• Washington Post (6/4/07): Study Puts Price of Hunger at $90B
• The Oregonian (6/7/07): Legislature Bans Loans with Triple Digit Rates

April 2007

• California to cut welfare safety net for parents - Elaine Korry, National Public Radio. April 16, 2007
• Editorial: Counting the poor - New York Times. April 17, 2007
• UW class looks at balancing profit with workers' needs

February 2007

• Seattle TImes - 2/26/07 - 1 in 6 Americans depend on programs for poor
• McClatchy papers - 2/22/07 - U.S. Economy leaving record numbers in severe poverty
• Fewer can afford to buy a house in King County, report says

January 2007

• NPR - 1/18/07 - San Francisco Orders Paid Sick Leave for All
• Sacbee.com - 1/18/07 - How California's three health care proposals compare

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• USA Today: Nobel Peace Prize winner: 'Poverty is a threat to peace'
• Whittier Daily News: More women face life on streets
• Long Beach Press Telegram: Not all experts agree on poverty thresholds
• Washington Post: For Hispanics, Poverty Is Relative
• Seattle Times: Nobel winner visits Seattle - discusses flaws, potential of global trade
  
• L.A. Daily News: L.A. City Council panel urges 'living wage' at hotels
  
• Microcredit pioneer wins Nobel Peace Prize for anti-poverty work