poverty
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Overcoming obstacles, including poverty and racism, they succeeded in building thriving urban communities that shaped the growing city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Again from Mother Jones: “Jackson is more than 80 percent Black and has a poverty rate that is more than double the national average.”
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Yemen relapsed into war in July after years of relative calm punctured by sporadic violence and deepening poverty.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
It shows a determined veteran who spent years demanding better benefits while struggling with chronic pain, poverty, employers, and the police.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
“I think we’re much more hypocritical about illness, and poverty, than were people in former ages,” I remember Julian saying once.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing poverty
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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