July 29, 2011
7/29/2011 | 25m 28s
Debt Ceiling Countdown; Shocking Suicide Statistics; Paying the Poor to End Poverty
Congress struggles to compromise on the debt ceiling; middle-aged women are committing suicide at a high rate; using conditional cash transfers to pull families out of poverty.
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Funding for TO THE CONTRARY is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Park Foundation and the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation.
July 29, 2011
7/29/2011 | 25m 28s
Congress struggles to compromise on the debt ceiling; middle-aged women are committing suicide at a high rate; using conditional cash transfers to pull families out of poverty.
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