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What happens to our minds when we have too little, and how does that shape our choices and behaviors? On today's show, we'll talk to a pair of Princeton…
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While the U.S. leads the world in dental innovation, many Americans are unable to afford basic dental care, and as a result, suffer from health and…
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There’s lots of discussion these days among public policy leaders and government officials about poverty – what causes it, and what can be done about it.…
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Following up on our homelessness show yesterday, we’re looking at the broader issue of poverty in New Hampshire. While the state has one of the nation’s…
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The U.S. Census Bureau is releasing new data that shows about 17,000 fewer people were living in poverty in New Hampshire in 2013 compared to the year…
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N.H. Drops From First To Fourth In Kids Count RankingNew Hampshire has slid to fourth place on a national ranking of places to raise children.After decades in first place, the Granite State slid to fourth in…
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The end of the school year in Nashua marks the end of the line for an after school program that organizers say was vital for the city’s middle school…
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Fifty years ago this month President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed a nearly $950-million anti-poverty bill into law, creating Head Start, Medicare,…
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Los Angeles’ skid row has the nation’s largest concentration of homeless people. For nearly 30 years, this nexus of impoverished shelters and cardboard…
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Scarcity is a kind of great equalizer. Whether it be less sleep, security, time, food, money or whatever a person needs, scarcity hijacks the mind,…