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Decades of Gains Over U.S. Poverty At Risk of Being Wiped Out

  • Pandemic, expiring benefits threaten to entrench newly poor
  • Stimulus seen as helping them and giving economy a boost
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The escalating coronavirus pandemic could reverse decades of gains in the fight against poverty, as U.S. government aid for the vulnerable dries up.

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