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GOP

Carrying Jack Kemp’s torch: Who in the GOP can best address poverty?

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — At a time and day — 8:30 a.m. on a Saturday — when most Americans are sleeping in, the Kemp Forum on Expanding Opportunity convened in the capacious Columbia, South Carolina, convention center. Even at 8:15, it was tough to find a seat. South Carolina'

Republicans

GOP candidates pitch conservative path to fight poverty

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidates said Saturday their party must do more to convince poor Americans that conservative policy — and not an active federal government — will expand economic opportunity. But the White House hopefuls, addressing a conservative economic forum in the early voting state of South Carolina, didn&

Israel

Christian philanthropy group tackles poverty in Israel

A recently released report by Israel's National Insurance Institute shows that 1.7 million Israelis live under the poverty line, including 23 percent of the country's seniors and 13.7 percent of working families, up from 7 percent in 1999. Those are the numbers that push

Massachusetts

Fatherlessness: The root cause of income inequality

During the last several years, there has been a growing chorus from progressive politicians and intellectuals about income inequality in America. Numerous books and studies purport to show that the American dream of economic mobility is now an illusion — that movement up the economic ladder is difficult, if not impossible.