Poverty

• A Child's Work
  There are almost as many child laborers around the globe today as there are citizens of the United States: around 250 million. Marketplace provides a five-part examination of the exploitation of children at the dawn of the 21st century.Despite breathtaking economic and social advancements in recent history, children continue to be forced to bear some of the heaviest burdens. Reporters traveled from India to Iowa to hear stories of kids who work as bonded laborers, gold miners, farm workers, soldiers, and even entertainers.January 24, 2003
• Olmsted County offers Somali Meals on Wheels
  Last fall Olmsted County launched Somali Meals on Wheels. The Rochester-based program is a spin-off of the traditional Meals on Wheels program, which provides free lunch for those who meet state and federal qualifications. The Olmsted program is believed to be the only one of its kind in the nation.January 22, 2003
• Lawmakers begin scrutiny of budget
  Lawmakers began sampling Gov. Tim Pawlenty's appetizer of a budget fix on Wednesday. For the most part they declared it distasteful but edible. Pawlenty's plan cuts $468 million from the budget before June. He still has the main course ahead of him, though, when he must cut nearly 10 times as much to balance the budget through the next two years.January 15, 2003
• South Dakota has nation's poorest county
  The 2000 census shows South Dakota's Buffalo County is the poorest in the nation. There are more poor kids in that county than anywhere else. Schools in Buffalo County want to work with the children to break the poverty cycle.October 2, 2002
• Census: poverty still a problem for some minorities
  Rankings by the U.S. Census Bureau show members of some immigrant groups in Minnesota remain mired in poverty. The ranking also confirms the widely-held belief that there are more Somalis in Minnesota than anywhere else in the U.S.September 25, 2002

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