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Poverty in America - A photo story
Sep 10, 2012 | Reuters |
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A record 46 million Americans are estimated to be living in poverty. These photos show what this means for real people..
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A two-year-old lies in the bedroom of the apartment their family was being evicted from, in Los Angeles. The apartment building tenants were paying their rent, but were evicted after the owner failed to pay the mortgage. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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A child waits in line with her mother to receive goods from the Feed The Children relief organization in New York. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Rob Bennett (L), Kami Ballard (C), and James Meece at a homeless tent city in Sacramento, California. REUTERS/ Max Whittaker
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A homeless man sits on a bench with a cup of chili that he received from the Salvation Army in Washington. REUTERS/ Jim Young
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Jayla waits for her tutor to arrive at the shelter where she lives in Los Angeles. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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A young girl jumps rope on the sidewalk next to her family's belongings after she, her parents, and her four brothers and sisters, received a court order of eviction due to foreclosure, in Waco, Texas. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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People line up for an early Thanksgiving meal served to the homeless at the Los Angeles Mission in downtown Los Angeles. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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A homeless man hauls his possessions in a shopping cart in the Haight Ashbury neighbourhood in San Francisco. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
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MissBhakajuju
ok....so America is not all that glossy ??" povery" mmmh, I like the Twaang !!!!
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masenya
the way we r used to povety ,we no longer talk about itReport Abuse
Mosquer
Their poverty is better coz even the homeless have furnituresReport Abuse
maneater
Bloggers this is in America so please let us not blame Zuma or the ANC for this!!Report Abuse
swona
Sowetan!Report Abuse
9janavy
Blah ,Blah ,Blah... Different strokes for different folks.America is still a billion than any African country fact.If you know what you are doing and you versatile ,USA is the place to be.I should know i have 12 relatives there and they are living the life.Even with the recession they are still better off than Africans because their institutions and Government are solid.It is usually the South Americans and the lazy African Americans who have little education and no skills who end up living dirt poor.Give me America any day and i will migrate there in a nano second.Report Abuse
KatakataEmaotoAditshepe
Where I see whites included I feel alright because that shows that they've reached the wrong turn and we now start eating from the same plate.Report Abuse
candilious
@Mosquer -Lol hehehehhReport Abuse
Pere-Ya-Poho
Tlala ena le manyala ka nnete...Report Abuse
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
Homeless tent city.......... they shuold come to Mzansi, very innovative shack dwellersReport Abuse
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