---

• n  the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

• The poverty rate falls .
• Many critics of the Great Society's war on poverty accuse the Administration of spending too much too loosely.
• A new report reveals the stark regional differences between Germany's rich and poor, and exposes pockets of poverty deeper than most Germans wanted to believed.

• poorness
• impoverishment

• wealth

News & Articles

---

• A Poverty Program That Works
  Mauricio Lim Miller was all too familiar with poverty’s merciless persistence.
  June 13, 2013 - National Journal via Yahoo! News
• New War on Poverty rich in ideas
  An anti-poverty warrior makes a case for improving the whole economy by taking reasonable steps to fight poverty.
  June 13, 2013 - Seattle Times
• Moynihan Black Poverty Report Revisited 50 Years Later
  In 1965, sociologist Daniel Patrick Moynihan authored a controversial report that said the decline of the black nuclear family was a major part of black poverty. Now, 50 years later, the Urban Institute has released a follow-up study.
  June 13, 2013 - NPR

Quotes

---

• Barack Obama in Environment News Service
  Senator Byrd's story was uniquely American,said Obama. "He was born into wrenching poverty, but educated himself to become an authoritative scholar, respected leader, and unparalleled champion of our Constitution. He scaled the summit of...
• Robert Zoellick in International Herald Tribune
  My trip is to explain, as clearly as I can, that our nation is generous and compassionate, that when we see poverty, we care, that when we see illiteracy, we want to do something about it, that when we find there to be a deficiency in healthcare,... President Bush http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFh0u2JMmcpgHHAEOKNoPb27FyIcg Los Angeles Times http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bush10mar10,1,2341210.story%3Fcoll%3Dla-headlines-world%26track%3Dcrosspromo&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFW6bniODts4oDaZCOa2dLSsmhDdg Mar 9, 2007 76531 103422 poverty The poorest and must vulnerable groups risk the most serious - and in some cases, permanent - damage," Zoellick said. "One hundred million people have already been driven into poverty this year and that number will grow."