Poverty in America
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Reading, Pennsylvania Struggles To Overcome Vast Swaths Of Poverty
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Reading, Pennsylvania Struggles To Overcome Vast Swaths Of Poverty
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Reading, Pennsylvania Struggles To Overcome Vast Swaths Of Poverty
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Reading, Pennsylvania Struggles To Overcome Vast Swaths Of Poverty
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Reading, Pennsylvania Struggles To Overcome Vast Swaths Of Poverty
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New Census Bureau data shows nearly 16 percent of Americans live below the poverty line— a record 49.1 million people. Though the labor market has struggled to gain traction in recent months, the ranks of America's poor continue to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s.