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May 3, 2019

High Levels of Economic & Housing Insecurity in U.S. Detailed in New Reports
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The Children's Defense Fund is warning nearly 13 million American
children are living in homes with incomes below the poverty line, even
as the richest Americans benefit from tax cuts passed by Republicans in
2017. Meanwhile, a new report by Temple University's Hope Center finds
more than half of U.S. college students have struggled to find housing,
and almost half have experienced hunger at some point in their college
careers.


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