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Lingering poverty growing in Winston-Salem

    Lingering poverty growing in Winston-Salem

By Cash Michaels For The Chronicle It has been known for years. Winston-Salem has a bad poverty problem. Indeed, when it comes t some of the poorest urban areas anywhere

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Mayor’s ‘Poverty Thought Force’ seeking public ideas

    Mayor’s ‘Poverty Thought Force’ seeking public ideas

Above: Mayor Allen Joines Mayor Allen Joines’ Winston-Salem Poverty Thought Force is looking to the public for ideas to reduce poverty in Forsyth County. The Thought Force is a 21-member

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Commentary: Act to end poverty now, as Dr. King wanted

    Commentary: Act to end poverty now, as Dr. King wanted

In photo: Marian Wright Edelman By Marian Wright Edelman “There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we now have the resources to get rid of it.”

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Tearing Down the Wall

    Tearing Down the Wall

Panel weighs-in on eliminating racism (Rev. Dr. John Mendez is flanked by Cindy Gordineer and Mayor Allen Joines as he addresses the topic. Photos by Charles E. Leftwich Jr.) Racism was

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A Place at the Table

    A Place at the Table

(pictured above: Family members touch Michael Brown’s copper-top vault during his burial at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Normandy, Mo.) Ministers want

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Barber decries laws passed in the name of God

    Barber decries laws passed in the name of God

(pictured above:  Dr. Barber greets those who listened to his sermon.) “The Necessity of Moral Dissent in Times Like These”

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Circles takes new approach to fighting poverty

    Circles takes new approach to fighting poverty

(pictured above: Circle Leader Denise Terry (center) with her allies, Barbara Keller and Claudia Jokinen.) Circles Winston-Salem held its first “Big

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Election Hurdle Higher

    Election Hurdle Higher

After injunction denial, locals say registration, turnout key (pictured above:  Linda Sutton speaks at a rally in July.) Local leaders are

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Editorial: Shameful Ad

    Editorial: Shameful Ad

The South African charity Feed a Child chose to highlight child poverty in South Africa by portraying a little Black

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Shalom Project seeks Circle participants

    Shalom Project seeks Circle participants

The Shalom Project is seeking new applicants for its Circles Initiative through July 15. Circles Winston-Salem (Circles WS) is an

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