Articles written by David Boston
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Adopting a Baby Elephant or Rhino
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust acts as an elephant and rhino orphanage, taking care of baby animals that lose their parents or get separated from their herd.
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Plastic Soup in the Pacific Ocean
Huge quantities of plastic are accumulating in the middle of the world's oceans, like they have in the North Pacific Central Gyre, creating toxic plastic soups of trash.
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Poverty Rates in Wyoming
Many urban residents in Wyoming cities such as Laramie hold down two or more jobs and still can't pay for the ever-increasing cost of living.
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Poverty Rates in Wisconsin
Milwaukee the city and Milwaukee County both experience poverty rates severely above the Wisconsin state average, and they are not the only places.
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Poverty Rates in West Virginia
In counties like McDowell and Mingo, or cities like Huntington and Morgantown, there is a disproportionate amount of people living in poverty compared to the rest of WV.
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Poverty Rates in Washington
Poverty rates in Washington reach their highest levels in major cities and on Native American reservations.
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Poverty Rates in Virginia
With critical poverty rates found in so many different rural counties and heavily populated major cities, there seems to be an isolation problem for the poor in Virginia.
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Poverty Rates in Vermont
Though poverty rates may be low in other parts of the state, it is a completely different story in Vermont's only major city, Burlington.
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Poverty Rates in Utah
People living in major cities and on Navajo reservations in Utah tend to experience much higher poverty rates than the rest of the state.
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Poverty Rates in Texas
The poverty rate of Texas is already extremely high. When so many counties and major cities are still critically above the state average, there is an isolation problem.
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Poverty Rates in Tennessee
In some rural areas across the state of Tennessee, poverty rates reach much higher levels than the state average.
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Poverty Rates in South Dakota
Poverty rates in the state of South Dakota are some of the highest in the United States in counties with a majority of Native American citizens.
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Poverty Rates in South Carolina
When working-class people are isolated to specific geographic areas and sections of major cities, a negative stigma can make matters even worse.
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Poverty Rates in Rhode Island
Avoiding poverty in major cities is a matter of making sure that working-class people make a wage that can afford the rising cost of living.
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Poverty Rates in Pennsylvania
With the cost of living constantly going up, it is becoming harder for working people in major cities of Pennsylvania to pay the bills.
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Poverty Rates in Oregon
With high rates of poverty in both urban and rural areas, Oregon will have to utilize several types of economic development to help its various communities.
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Poverty Rates in Oklahoma
In Choctaw County and the city of Stillwater, poverty rates have been found to be higher than areas in the rest of the state of Oklahoma.
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Poverty Rates in Ohio
The working-class Americans living in poverty in Ohio's major cities simply cannot earn enough to keep up with the constantly rising cost of living.
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Poverty Rates in North Dakota
When communities are isolated to the degree of some North Dakota Native American reservations, it can be very difficult to pull the community out of severe poverty.
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Poverty Rates in North Carolina
Many different places across the state of North Carolina have been found to have poverty rates that are critically higher than the state average.
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Poverty Rates in New York
Life in New York's major cities isn't cheap, and many working-class people simply cannot make enough money to pay the bills anymore.
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Poverty Rates in New Mexico
Even though New Mexico has such a high poverty rate, Native American reservations still have poverty rates that are critically higher.
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Poverty Rates in New Jersey
Though New Jersey may have a low poverty rate overall, this would be hard to believe for many people who live with the stigma associated with life in the inner city.
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Poverty Rates in New Hampshire
With the lowest poverty rate in the United States, New Hampshire must be doing something right. However, significant portions of some areas still experience poverty.
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Poverty Rates in Nevada
The worst poverty rates are found in both the rural desert regions of Nevada, and the state's major cities, such as Las Vegas and Reno.
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Poverty Rates in Nebraska
With such higher poverty rates being found in isolated rural areas and Native American reservations of Nebraska, it is clear that more economic development must occur.
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Poverty Rates in Montana
The needs of Native Americans in Montana receive consistently and considerably less attention than people in the rest of the state.
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Poverty Rates in Missouri
A large area of rural Missouri has much higher poverty rates than the rest of the state. Are these rural communities and the people living in them being left to die?
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Poverty Rates in Mississippi
Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in the country, and communities along the Mississippi River have the highest poverty rates in the state.
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Poverty Rates in Minnesota
Though the poverty rate in Minnesota is the one of the lowest in the United States, people in major cities and rural areas may find it hard to tell.
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Poverty Rates in Michigan
The problem of widespread poverty in big cities is not solely due to a lack of income. It is that income simply isn't enough to pay the ever-rising cost of living.
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Poverty Rates in Massachusetts
Workers living in the major cities of Massachusetts are finding it harder to survive on the minimum wage in America's failing economy.
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Poverty Rates in Maryland
When people living in severe poverty are isolated to one section of a large city or to some distant land in rural parts of the state, poverty multiplies and expands.
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Poverty Rates in Maine
With such a clear line separating low and high poverty rates between coastal towns and more inland regions of Maine, more steps should be taken toward equality.
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Poverty Rates in Louisiana
An obvious inequality in education, jobs, and health care in Mississippi River towns and poor areas of major cities contributes to Louisiana's severely high poverty rate.
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Poverty Rates in Kentucky
With so many of Kentucky's people in rural counties being left behind, it is clear that more has to be done to prevent huge areas of America from being forgotten.
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Poverty Rates in Kansas
The poorest Americans living in major cities of Kansas do not get the same chances to succeed when they are packed into areas with low-quality education and health care.
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Poverty Rates in Iowa
In a country where your best isn't good enough, and working full-time doesn't pay the bills, the working poor in urban areas of Iowa can't get by without assistance.
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Poverty Rates in Indiana
Working enough to pay the bills can actually be impossible for many poor people in Indiana cities without higher wages.
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Poverty Rates in Illinois
With the poorest people in Illinois separated from the rest of the state and secluded in specific areas of inner cities, poverty can only worsen and expand.
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Poverty Rates in Idaho
Counties and major cities may keep poverty rates close to the Idaho state average, but this isn't necessarily a good thing.
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Poverty Rates in Hawaii
Hawaii has a low poverty rate when compared to the national average, but some urban-dwellers of cities like Hilo and Waipahu still have trouble affording food.
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Poverty Rates in Georgia
Georgia has one of the largest areas of severe poverty in the United States. This extreme isolation of the poorest Georgians can only make matters worse.
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Poverty Rates in Florida
An uncommonly high percentage of Florida's jobs are in retail due to the state's extensive tourist industry. Because of this, many urban residents fall into poverty.
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Poverty Rates in Delaware
Poverty in each of Delaware's three major cities remains significantly higher than the state's average.
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Poverty Rates in Connecticut
Though the overall poverty rate of Connecticut is low, it would be hard for some of the poorest residents of the state's major cities to ever tell.
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Poverty Rates in Colorado
In some geographically isolated rural regions of the Rockies, hunger and poverty are very common. However, isolation from the rest of Colorado prevents action.
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Poverty Rates in California
With 36 major cities experiencing critical poverty rates, and 4,800,000 people living in poverty in California, the state becomes a major target for relief organizations.
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Poverty Rates in Arkansas
With such a large area on the Mississippi River in critical poverty, people there become isolated and forgotten by the rest of the state of Arkansas.
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Poverty Rates in Arizona
American citizens who are Navajo, Apache, and Hopi Native Americans still struggle to find food for all of their people in the most remote rural areas of Arizona.
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Poverty Rates in Alaska
The Bush Administration has made tax cut after tax cut against Native Alaskan programs. Without funding for relocated housing, people could be literally left to freeze.
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Poverty Rates in Alabama
As a state with historically high poverty rates, Alabama citizens and legislators will need more than tax incentives to save their rural towns.
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How to Receive US Food Stamps
When ends don't meet, the government can provide food stamps to help a needy family or individual put food on the table.
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Cremated Ashes to Artificial Reefs
A new way to replenish the dwindling natural reef barriers and create a memorial for loved ones to last the next 500 years has emerged.
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U.S. Defends Polar Bears – Almost
U.S. Department of the Interior admits that global warming has forced it to label polar bears as "threatened," but wants nothing done about it.
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The Search for Barack Obama's VP
It looks like Barack Obama will be the Democratic candidate, but who will be his running mate? It's time to pick out the most likely candidates.
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