poverty
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What seems more likely is what the Southern Poverty Law Center has said, which is, “We pay informants to do this.”
From Slate • May 4, 2026
There are nearly 100 “hate and anti-government” groups in the state, including anti-vaxxers, doomsday prepper militias and old-school neo-Nazi outfits, according to the latest publicly available data from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Meet F-37, a figure in the indictment a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., handed up last week against the self-styled antiracist nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Poverty is making people sick, and affordability is the foundation upon which we can build healthier communities.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
Poverty to him was an abstract, distant concept, applicable to the tenants at Tres Marias and the indigent patients his brother Jaime helped; he had never had any direct contact with it himself.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing poverty
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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