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Faith Leader Says Poverty Fight Overshadowed By Politics

November 2, 2010

NPR

Earlier this fall, the Census reported that more than 14 percent of Americans are living in poverty, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that more than a million children went hungry in 2008. With the high rate of poverty and hunger in the U.S., there are some who say that the midterm elections need to focus on helping the poor. Host Michel Martin talks with Reverend David Beckmann, a Lutheran minister and recipient of this year's World Food Prize, about the political priority -- or lack thereof -- that has been placed on poverty.

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