Tag: poverty
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Head Start preschools aim to fight poverty, but their teachers struggle to make ends meet
Teachers at Head Start child care centers are paid far less than public school teachers, even though they have similar credentials
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Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says
Human Rights Watch says Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, It says this is jeopardizing the right to healthcare of millions of Afghans
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A litany of death: A list of homeless deaths in El Paso County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vZ2F6ZXR0ZS5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsLzMvMjYvMzI2OTkzMTgtNTQ3OC0xMWVhLTlhOGQtMzczMTBjYzllYzlkLzVhZjRhNDkxNzc2ZjEuaW1hZ2UuanBn” alt=”Q29yb25lciBpZGVudGlmaWVzIHBlZGVzdHJpYW4gZmF0YWxseSBydW4gb3ZlciBieSBjYXIgc291dGggb2YgZG93bnRvd24gQ29sb3JhZG8gU3ByaW5ncyBXRUI=” caption=”QW4gU1VWIHN0cnVjayBEaXJrIENvcmR0eiwgYSBwZWRlc3RyaWFuLCBvbiBTb3V0aCBOZXZhZGEgQXZlbnVlIGF0IEVhc3QgTGFzIFZlZ2FzIFN0cmVldCBpbiBDb2xvcmFkbyBTcHJpbmdzIG9uIEphbi4gMiwgMjAxOC4gQ29yZHR6IGRpZWQgYSBkYXkgbGF0ZXIu” credit=”VGhlIEdhemV0dGUgRmlsZQ==”] An SUV struck Dirk Cordtz, a pedestrian, on South Nevada Avenue at East Las Vegas Street in Colorado Springs on Jan. 2, 2018. Cordtz died a day later. The Gazette File 2018: January Dirk Cordtz, 62 Homeless off and on…
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A litany of death: A list of homeless deaths in El Paso County
–> 2018: January Dirk Cordtz, 62 Homeless off and on the past couple of years, he cut across Nevada Avenue a couple of blocks from the Springs Rescue Mission shelter where he had been staying. An SUV turning left pinned him to the ground. He died Jan. 3 at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central. A former…