Children Suffer As Poverty Rate Climbs

New figures issued in a US Census Bureau report Thursday indicate a sharp rise in the poverty level in America.  The figures show that 14.3 percent of Americans were below the official poverty level of $21,756 for a family of four at the end of last year. That's a major increase from 13.2 percent in 2008, or a total of 43.6 million people in [...]