Via Truthout: Census Data: America Got Poorer in 2009

Max Fraad-Wolff, Truthout: "2009 was a year of accelerating economic pain and loss, according to US Census data released today.... Being American gives you a one in seven chance of being poor. Being young raises this chance to one in four. Further, being black in America means a one in four chance of being poor. Being young and black raises your chance of being poor up to one in 2.5."

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