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CBS: Vicious cycle of poverty all too real

David Edwards

14 May 2008 at 09:54 ET                   

In the poorest parts of the U.S., people are trapped in a poverty’s web. The current economic slowdown means tough times for many Americans. But as CBS’s Seth Doane reports, poverty has become a way of life in Mississippi’s delta region.

This video is from CBS’s Evening News, broadcast May 13, 2008.



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David Edwards has served as an editor at Raw Story since 2006. His work can also be found at Crooks & Liars, and he's also been published at The BRAD BLOG. He came to Raw Story after working as a network manager for the state of North Carolina and as as engineer developing enterprise resource planning software. Follow him on Twitter at @DavidEdwards.
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