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Although the U.S. has periodically sought to reduce poverty around the country since the 1960s, roughly 35 million Americans mdash; or almost 1 in 10 mdash; live in communities suffering from persistent poverty, a recent analysis shows.That troubling number is 72% higher than previously thought, according to the Economic Innovation Group, which focused on areas where the poverty rate has remained above 20% for more than three decades. To arrive at their figures, the public policy gr
stanley cup oup examined poverty by Census tract mdash; smaller geographic divisions of a county mdash; rather than at the current county level, which can mask pockets of impoverishment.For instance, by some measures there are no counties in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont that rank as persistently poor. But each of these states encompasses smaller Census tracts that meet the definition, with most of them home to thousands of deeply poor
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TOMS RIVER, N.J. - Three homeowners have sued their NewJersey condominium association, which restricts coed swimming because most ofthe residents are Orthodox Jews.Residents Steve and Diana Lusardi and Marie Curto, who arenotOrthodox Jews, sued A Country Place in Lakewood seeking to quash the policyand $50 fines levied against them for breaking the rules, The Asbury Park Press reports.Their lawsuit says the policy violates anti-discriminationprovisions of the federal Fair Housing Act and the New Jersey Law AgainstDiscrimination. The condominium associationrsquo attorney declined comment.The condominium complex serves people 55 or older. Swimmingis restr
jordan icted by gender at certain times in
ugg observance of Jewish law thatprohibits men and women from bathing together. Otherwise, coed swimming isallowed from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday through Friday and there is openswimming on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. Steve Lusardi was fined after he remained in the pool beyondthe designated hours; Curto was fined on a d
adidas samba ifferent day when she refused toleave the pool area during men-only swim time, the newspaper reported.The associationrsquo board of directors said in a letter toLusardi that the community is a private association and the board is within itsrights to serve the majority.You are inconsiderate of the majority and wish forminority rule, the letter said.The board sent a similar letter to Curto. A hearing was
