The Continental Carbon plant sits on the southern outskirts of Ponca City, Okla. Residents blamed the plant, which produces a black dust known as carbon black, for polluting their city. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption

Joseph Byrd, unemployed and living on disability, prepares to pick up groceries at the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger food pantry in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2010. The new experimental poverty measure takes into account cost of living associated with geographic differences. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption

Democratic candidate Johnny DuPree answers questions during a gubernatorial debate at the Mississippi College School of Law auditorium in Jackson, Miss., on Oct. 14. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption

Ari Zivotofsky stands with his 9-year-old son, Menachem, outside the Supreme Court on Monday. Menachem was born in Jerusalem, and he and his parents want his U.S. passport to list his place of birth as Israel. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

Nigerian Joni Haastrup helped pioneer the Afrobeat genre of music. Courtesy of Press Junkie PR hide caption