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Unit 5: Care for the Poor, Sick, Elderly, and Infirm
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5.2: Poverty in America
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5.2: Poverty in America
U.S. Census Bureau: "Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 2009–2011"
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U.S. Census Bureau: "Poverty: 2008 and 2009 American Community Survey"
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Penn State University: "Poverty in America: One Nation, Pulling Apart"
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Michael Woodruff's "Poverty in America: Why Are They Poor?"
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Marian Wright Edelman's "A Course for the Next Generation"
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Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson's "Winner-Take-All Politics: Public Policy, Political Organization, and the Precipitous Rise of Top Incomes in the United States"
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