{"id":1110,"date":"2007-07-17T15:53:45","date_gmt":"2007-07-17T15:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/07\/jim-wallis-rural-poverty-on-th.html"},"modified":"2007-07-17T15:53:45","modified_gmt":"2007-07-17T15:53:45","slug":"jim-wallis-rural-poverty-on-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/07\/jim-wallis-rural-poverty-on-th.html","title":{"rendered":"Jim Wallis: Rural Poverty on the Political Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I heard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=12017456\">this report on NPR<\/a> this morning while getting ready for work and was inspired. I&#8217;m not only encouraged that poverty is finally getting on the national agenda; I also found this particular report to be almost poetic. At our <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/06\/video-candidates-forum-full-co.html\">candidates forum on CNN<\/a>, John Edwards made a commitment to keep poverty on the political agenda in this presidential election, and he is following through on his commitment.<br \/>\nFrom today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=12017456\">NPR segment by Dee Davis<\/a>, who directs the Center for Rural Strategies in Whitesburg, Kentucky:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This week, presidential candidate John Edwards is coming to retrace the RFK visit. I wish they were all coming. These things matter. It is not about party; it&#8217;s about eyeballs. And there are sights that need seeing. &#8230;<br \/>\nPeople will tell you government doesn&#8217;t work. But I&#8217;ve seen it work. It starts with somebody showing up and making an effort. I have also seen it fail. 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