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	<title>Just a Bump in the Road &#187; Poverty</title>
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	<description>3,000 miles for poverty and homelessness.</description>
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		<title>Why doesn&#8217;t DC have a bottle bill?</title>
		<link>http://www.justabumpintheroad.org/2011/08/30/why-doesnt-dc-have-a-bottle-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homelessness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last January Washington, D.C. began implementing a tax on disposable paper and plastic carryout bags. The 5-cent fee on bags produced an almost immediate reduction in the usage of single-use bags and their subsequent appearance in area waterways. The bag tax is great and all, but it makes me wonder: Why doesn&#8217;t DC have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living off the fat of the land</title>
		<link>http://www.justabumpintheroad.org/2010/08/04/living-off-the-fat-of-the-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fast Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are getting fatter. And by we I mean Americans–some 26.7 percent of adults in the United States were obese in 2009. So, not only are our New Year&#8217;s resolutions to lose weight not working, but we&#8217;re actually gaining. According to a report issued yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;ve seen one hood, you&#8217;ve seen them all</title>
		<link>http://www.justabumpintheroad.org/2010/07/07/youve-seen-one-hood-youve-seen-them-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Housing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am perhaps the only tourist who intentionally seeks out the &#8220;bad&#8221; neighborhoods in each place I visit. I&#8217;ve been through the worst parts of Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Cleveland, Gary and Detroit. I&#8217;ve walked through all the wrong parts of Chicago, Springfield, East St. Louis, St. Louis and Kansas City. And, as I walked through what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scratching at the surface</title>
		<link>http://www.justabumpintheroad.org/2010/06/20/scratching-at-the-surface/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[rest in St Louis, MO   0.0 miles When it comes to breaking out of the cycle of poverty, so many times it is suggested that education is the key. But teachers can only do so much. As one middle school teacher I had the privilege to meet today described it, they are just scratching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where have all the flowers gone?</title>
		<link>http://www.justabumpintheroad.org/2010/06/02/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago – Alsip 19.8 miles It is perhaps no surprise, but living in poverty means a life without flowers. As I walked the old Route 66 out of Chicago today I passed pockets of gentrification. And I was bothered by the fact that the ramshackle, run-down buildings were surrounded by garbage and rot, while the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you ever smelled a dead body?</title>
		<link>http://www.justabumpintheroad.org/2010/06/01/have-you-ever-smelled-a-dead-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I admit it, I don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to live in poverty. I don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to be in a situation where I have no money and no real options. But I thought I had come to understand the stress and desperation of living without. I was wrong. Poverty also means seeing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Heart?</title>
		<link>http://www.justabumpintheroad.org/2010/05/12/wal-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 03:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minimum Wage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wage Violations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working Poor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Discrimination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It appears Wal-Mart does have a heart, of sorts. Today the world&#8217;s third largest corporation announced it would contribute more than $2 billion towards the fight against hunger in America. The donation will come in the form of 1.1 billion pounds of food from Wal-Mart stores, distribution centers and Sam’s Club locations (valued at $1.75 [...]]]></description>
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