After years of calling it something else, some political leaders are working to put poverty back high on the nation's agenda. Mayors, some members of Congress, a governor and a presidential candidate are bidding to make America's poor an issue in the 2008 campaign and beyond. (USA Today, Monday)
Just what we need: vote-hungry politicians talking about poverty.
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