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Vol. 35, No. 3
In This Issue
Even Entrepreneurs Need Food Stamps
Tanya Fields is a college graduate starting her own business. She's also a welfare recipient trying
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The Poor Have Numbers. Do They Count?
It's a simple enough question on the face of it: How many people living in New York City are poor? T
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From Blue-Collar to the Welfare Line
Walter Greene worked for a living. Then the work disappeared. Now, like thousands of other low-incom
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One Woman's Plan to Beat Poverty
Beverly Davis has a full-time job, a family she supports and a college course to complete. She has p
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Sharon's Homework: Self-Sufficiency
After raising a family and burying a husband, Sharon Jones is aiming for a college degree while stil
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What Would Help Poor New Yorkers? Take Your Pick
Low-income city residents have a long list of suggestions for how to alleviate the causes and conseq
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Obama Anti-Poverty Programs Begin to Take Shape
The president's neighborhood-based anti-poverty initiatives will soon move into a second stage. But
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July-August 2011
Fifteen years after federal welfare reform, five years after New York City embarked on a quest to reduce poverty, more Americans are poor than ever before and one in five New Yorkers remains below the poverty line. Yet poverty is absent from political debates and media headlines. Everyone, it seems, is tired of talking about poverty--except poor people. In this 35th anniversary issue, City Limits lets low-income New Yorkers talk about their daily fight for survival and independence. Their stories defy simple explanations of poverty's causes or consequences. And they reveal that efforts to assist low-income people often serve to complicate their lives, even as they provide crucial support.
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Wealth Gap Hits Record Between Whites, Minorities
The median wealth of white households is 20
times that of black households and 18 times
that of
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Going Up: Poverty National Rate
Contrary to popular belief, the national poverty rate did decrease during the decade of the War on P
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Poverty In New York City
If New York City's poor formed their own city, they would become the 7th largest city in the United
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Blog Entries
15 Years On, Still No Agreement on Welfare Reform's Impact
The panel was charged with answering the question, "Welfare Reform at 15: Is It Working?"Their answe
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Slideshows
Census Tract 192
From City Limits' July/August 2011 issue "Remember Poverty?"
New York's Food Basket
Courtesy MetroFocus
Web Extras
For Low-Income Immigrants, Status Complicates Survival
C is like many students at Hunter College. She balances work and school, struggles to pay her tuitio
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Report: Young NYers Face Higher Barriers To Public Assistance
A study of low-income New Yorkers under the age of 24 indicates they have trouble getting welfare be
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About City Limits Magazine
City Limits Magazine is devoted to the in-depth investigation of pressing civic issues in New York City. Driven by a mission to inform public discourse, the Magazine provides the factual reporting, human faces, data, history and breadth of knowledge necessary to understanding the nuances, complexities and hard truths of the city, its politics and its people.
