March 4, 2011
Friday Round-up: this week in the news
- D.C. has the highest percentage of people who are homeless. Find out more using this neat interactive map: http://bit.ly/eFlnaN
- An international look at how we define poverty: http://nyti.ms/fZVPf7
- Could this be the end of Obama’s foreclosure-prevention programs? http://wapo.st/hBNddO
- The HIV rate in D.C. continues to climb while more programs are cut. http://wapo.st/eQqDp4
- Unemployment update: new benefit requests dropped to a 3-year low. http://n.pr/dKEogD
- Women make up about 25% of people who are homeless. But some parts of the country are seeing a rise in homelessness among women. http://bit.ly/fNM0rQ