Mayor Johnson Helping Homeless in Chicago
What's Happening? Chicago currently has at least 68,000 citizens experiencing homelessness, even while the city uses more than $77 million ...
Tag: poverty
Lottery Jackpot Rises to $1.2 Billion
Recently, the lottery jackpot for Powerball was raised to $1.2 billion after no one won. To buy a lottery ticket ...
Census Data Shows Child Poverty Overly Increased
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's yearly data on poverty, income, and health insurance released Tuesday, the rate of poverty ...
Highland Park Poverty Simulation Cancelled Amongst Backlash
Attempting Social Consciousness Through Simulations The Highland Park suburb was attempting to become more aware through a poverty simulation. The ...
Chicago’s Poverty and Solutions
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, young children are most likely to deal with Chicago's poverty. The most recent poverty ...
Why Does Chicago Have Such a High Crime Rate?
Chicago is unfortunately notorious for having a high crime rate. Whether this perceived crime rate is a reflection of reality ...
Studies Show Poverty Is Bad for Mental Health
Courtesy of Jim Choate (Flickr CC0) Poverty happens to be a catch-all when it comes to negatively impacting people. Unfortunately, ...
Poverty Is One of the Leading Causes of Death
Poverty is Becoming a Larger Social Issue in the United States Poverty has gone so far that now it is ...
Manny Pacquiao Boxer-Senator Plans to Run for Philippine President
Philippine senator and boxing icon Manny Pacquiao plans on running for president in the 2022 elections. His PDP-Laban (Partido Demokratiko ...
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