Wealth & Poverty from Marketplace APM

By American Public Media

The Marketplace Wealth and Poverty Desk explores money and class, where we came from and where our country is going economically, thanks to funding from the Ford Foundation. We want to hear your stori... more

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The podcast currently has 150 episodes available.

Wealth & Poverty from Marketplace APM episodes:

April 26, 2018 LA seeks permanent solution to homeless encampments
Los Angeles’ homeless population grew by more than 20 percent last year, and three-fourths of that population lives outdoors.
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5min
April 11, 2018 A "last frontier" of fair housing?
In most places, it's legal to deny a tenant based on source of income.
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4min
April 10, 2018 Why 1 in 3 families has trouble affording diapers
Diapers are higher tech than ever before, but many families cant afford them.
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5min
March 27, 2018 Los Angeles struggles to house homeless amid Section 8 shortage
The U.S. homeless population ticked up last year for the first time since 2010, led by a 26 percent percent surge in Los Angeles.
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5min
February 22, 2018 Food assistance doesn't go far enough for most poor households
Four out of 10 households are unable to provide nutritious meals despite receiving maximum SNAP benefits, according to a new study from the Urban Institute.
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2min
January 12, 2018 When grocery stores close, this legal phrase can prevent new ones from opening
When grocery stores close, critics say restrictive covenants — clauses in grocery store leases that says a landlord can't rent the space to another grocer — can lead to food deserts.
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8min
January 11, 2018 How federal policy from the 1930s continues to harm Philadelphia and other cities
Real estate appraisers would negatively evaluate areas if people of color lived there.
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4min
January 03, 2018 It's a long wait for Section 8 housing in U.S. cities
In Los Angeles, it can take 10 years to get a voucher — if you're lucky.
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5min
December 12, 2017 A Baltimore program tries to help unmarried couples with children build more stable relationships
There's a marriage divide in the US that's leaving many working-class and poor kids "doubly disadvantaged," a researcher says.
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5min
November 27, 2017 States scramble to continue funding federal health program for low-income kids and pregnant women
States get creative as they await Congress to reauthorize funding for CHIP which ran out in September.
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2min

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