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Census Data Show Dramatic Rise in Poverty Among African-American Children in Nation's Capital

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

September 29, 2010 - 8:10am (Print)

New Census data released this month show a "breathtaking" rise in poverty among African-American children in the nation's capital.  Three out of 10 children in the District of Columbia were living in poverty last year, according to the Washington Post

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Nat'l Women's Law Center: Women Experiencing Declining Income, Increasing Poverty, and Loss of Private Coverage

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

September 10, 2009 - 5:00pm (Print)

Census data from 2008 show an increase in the number of women who have lost income, lost private coverage and are falling into poverty. The increase in the number of women without coverage stems from the continued erosion of private insurance –- primarily through the loss of job-based coverage--even before the worst of the economic crisis hit.

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