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What is gentrification, and is it actually a bad thing? And wait a minute, who's the cause of gentrification? These are the touchy questions that NBC's popular sitcom "The Carmichael Show" tackled during Sunday night's "Gentrifying Bobby" episode. Jerrod, the
liberals
"Poverty is changing, and policy responses must change too," argues an important recent report published by the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute and the left-leaning Brookings Institution. The document — the product of a bipartisan group of top scholars — combines political diversity with shared values to make a dozen recommendations
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donors
How do you change the world? Is foreign aid the most effective tool, or should charities funded by millions of small donors lead the way? A new organization called Billions in Change is trying a new strategy: creating inventions to solve the most fundamental problems that people face around the
Democrats
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Bernie Sanders issued a global call to action at the Vatican on Friday to address "immoral and unsustainable" wealth inequality and poverty, using the high-profile gathering to echo one of the central platforms of his presidential campaign. The Democratic senator from Vermont cited Pope Francis
Abortion
BOSTON – Unintended pregnancies in the U.S. fell to the lowest proportion in 30 years across the board, according to an analysis published Thursday by the New England Journal of Medicine. The study showed that unintended pregnancies fell to 45 percent of all pregnancies in 2011, down from 51 percent
Education
ROXBURY – After 30 years as a renowned television journalist and the first black woman to co-anchor a newscast in Boston, the Rev. Liz Walker found a new calling: offering hope to Boston's most desperate citizens. An ordained minister and the current pastor of Roxbury Presbyterian Church, Walker, 63,
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Last year brought its challenges to the homeless in Boston, with record snowfall and the unexpected closure of the Long Island shelter, eliminating 700 beds. Now, as winter deepens once again, the city aims to come up with a plan to end chronic homelessness. To gather data to help
unemployment
(CNSNews.com) — President Obama frequently points to the nation's 5 percent unemployment rate as a sign of economic strength, but he doesn't mention the labor force participation rate, which is hovering at lows not seen since the late 1970s. "And the extent to which people
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