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Adam Dickter:  Does New Poverty Push Have Teeth?; The Jewish Week, August 27, 2008

Thelma Guerrero:  A Lack of Stability Often is the Result of Complex Situtations; Statesman Journal, August 17, 2008

Ted Kulongoski and Victor Merced; Statesman Journal, August 17, 2008

Charity Alone Won’t Solve Hunger Crisis; Morning Sentinel, August 12, 2008

Joy Portella:  The Food Crisis:  A Long-Term Focus; Mercy Corps, August 11, 2008

Harry Jackson, Jr.:  Poor Children are More At Risk for Diabetes; STLtoday, July 21, 2008

Warming ’Affecting Poor Children’; BBC News, April 29, 2008

Robert Pear:  President is Rebuffed on Program for Children; New York Times, April 19, 2008

Kurt Eckert:  New Report Rebukes Federal Poverty Standard; The Hillsboro Argus, July 11, 2008 (Examines and critiques the current federal poverty standard)