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Opinion: Romney Denigrates 47% Not Paying Taxes As He Uses Loopholes Trying To Do The Same

Mitt Romney, if you want to talk about mooches and freeloaders that take advantage of the system then grow a spine and show America your tax returns. Let’s see what you really pay as a percentage. Let’s see what deductions you take. Let’s see how addicted to federal benefits you are.

2012/09/21

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Dallas NAACP Wants Texas Lottery Shut Down

The Dallas chapter of the NAACP wants to stop seeing low income Texans pumping money into the state lottery by putting it out of business

2012/06/27

Homeless children sleep along the street. (credit: NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Survey Finds 25 Percent Of Texas Kids In Poverty

Texas has the second-highest birth rate in the nation and more than 25 percent of those children live in poverty.

2012/04/05

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Pictures Chronicle Poverty “In Our Own Backyard”

Modern-day photographer Steve Liss has taken 43 TIME magazine covers. However, his latest subjects are a group that’s moved out of the spotlight: the 50 million Americans, millions of those Texans, who live in poverty.

2012/03/20

State Has Texas-Sized Poverty Problem

Texans politicians like to tout the state’s economic growth, but more and more Texans are finding themselves teetering on the edge of poverty.

2012/02/05

Children run through fallen leaves in a park. (credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Report Looks At Poverty & Health Of Dallas County Children

According to a new report, the number of Dallas County children living below the poverty line is enough to fill Cowboys Stadium – more than twice!

2011/11/14

Dallas Declares ‘No Kid Hungry’ In The City

Nearly one-third of Dallas County children live in poverty. But just last week, the City of Dallas declared that it would be a ‘no kid hungry’ zone.

2011/11/14

More N. Texans Going Hungry As Poverty Numbers Increase

According to new census numbers, 49 million Americans are now at the poverty level and tens of thousands of them live in North Texas.

2011/11/08

National Poverty Summit Being Held In Fort Worth

About a dozen organizations will gather Monday in Fort Worth for the first National Poverty Summit, aimed at reducing the poverty level.

2011/09/19

Face Of Poverty Changing In Down Economy

Mike Corpier spent all day Thursday training for new certifications in telecommunications. His roommate, Johnny Allen, settled in across the hall after work in a warehouse.

2011/09/08

24 Percent Of Texas Children Living In Poverty

According to a report, 24 percent of kids in Texas are living in poverty. The national average is 20 percent, making Texas one of the worst states.

2011/08/18

Study Says Poverty Finding Its Way To The Suburbs

According to a new study by the Brookings Institute, the poverty rate in America’s suburbs has increased by almost 40 percent in the last decade. In fact, almost a third of our nation’s poor live in the suburbs.

2010/10/07