WORLD SOCIAL FORUM Poverty without Borders http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54341

The United States of America - the world's melting pot - has been a symbol of hope for centuries, but behind this vision of wealth and wonder is a tale often untold. Food security, lack of water rights and unemployment might sound like the type of problems belonging to a developing nation, but they are also well documented issues here in the "land of the free".