Charissa Koh

Charissa is a reporter for WORLD.

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The incredible shrinking middle class

Economy | Data show positive gains in U.S. income over time
by Charissa Koh
Posted 8/07/19, 04:16 pm

Contrary to claims by those on the far left, including Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, America’s shrinking middle class is nothing to complain about. A recent analysis by Mark Perry at the American Enterprise Institute shows more people are moving up in income, and wealth, not poverty, is diminishing the size of the middle class.

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Books on marriage

Books
by Charissa Koh
Posted 8/01/19, 02:10 pm

Letters to a Romantic: On Engagement

Sean Perron & Spencer Harmon

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Forge fires and watered gardens

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Northwest winner Watered Gardens | At a gospel rescue mission, men have a chance to escape the spiral of drugs, homelessness, and joblessness. But it isn’t easy, and many do not make it to the end
by Charissa Koh
Posted 7/18/19, 05:08 pm

This story is part of our 2019 Hope Awards contest. To vote for your favorite regional winner, go to wng.org/compassion.

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Picked up, sanded off

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Northeast winner Purposeful Design | A carpentry shop offers ex-addicts and homeless the chance to build furniture, friendship, and a future

Charissa Koh | 7/18/19, 04:49 pm

This story is part of our 2019 Hope Awards contest. To vote for your favorite regional winner, go to wng.org/compassion.

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Letting them shine

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Southwest winner Little Light Christian School | This Christian school’s mission is to love the children of prisoners—but traumatic backgrounds make the work a marathon of trusting God

Charissa Koh | 7/18/19, 03:42 pm

This story is part of our 2019 Hope Awards contest. To vote for your favorite regional winner, go to wng.org/compassion.

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Hope in the darkest places

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Southeast winner Scarlet Hope | Rachelle Starr and her friends help women emerge from the sex industry

Charissa Koh | 7/18/19, 03:13 pm

This story is part of our 2019 Hope Awards contest. To vote for your favorite regional winner, go to wng.org/compassion.

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Christian compassion at the border

Compassion | How ministries are working to alleviate the migrant crisis

Charissa Koh | 7/10/19, 05:02 pm

Immigration debates can divide Christians, but compassion for migrants suffering at the U.S. southern border can unite them, and some faith-based organizations are working toward that end by finding ways to help with the flood of asylum-seekers.

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A view from inside the Clint facility

Compassion | What observers really saw at the Border Patrol station in Texas holding migrant children

Charissa Koh | 7/03/19, 05:05 pm

Conflicting descriptions of the care of child migrants at a U.S. Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, are emerging as journalists, pastors, and lawmakers tour the facility where terrible conditions were reported two weeks ago.

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Squeaking by during the golden years

Effective Compassion | Seniors are increasingly facing student loan debt and poverty

Charissa Koh | 6/26/19, 05:14 pm

Students loans, medical costs, and a lack of retirement savings are driving more seniors below the poverty line.

Americans age 60 and older owe more than $86 billion in student loans, according to a report from CBS News, which cited data obtained from the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.

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Medical marijuana no cure for opioid crisis

Compassion | New study finds overdoses went up in states that legalized pot for medical uses

Charissa Koh | 6/19/19, 02:00 pm

Opioid overdose rates have increased in states where medical marijuana is legal, according to a study that contradicts previous findings released last week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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