Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko has been looking at the data and he reports this exchange with a fictional barroom interlocutor who is not impressed by all the talk about rampant poverty in America: (firstthings.com)
Deteriorating security, rampant poverty and illiteracy, logistical difficulties and allegations of rigging are among the concerns raised by analysts and activists ahead of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled for 28 November. (irinnews.org)
Max (Damon) has grown up dreaming of life on the Stanford torus, while dealing with the rampant poverty, crime, and illiteracy of Earth. (dvdizzy.com)