All Education Matters: Why America Is Losing the War On Poverty

All Education Matters: Why America Is Losing the War On Poverty:

Why America Is Losing the War On Poverty

by Cryn Johannsen

Here's a snippet from my latest article, "Why America Is Losing the War on Poverty," at The Loop21.com:

Recent figures about poverty in America paint a grim picture about the living conditions of a large majority of Americans. Not only is poverty spreading rapidly, but the chances of escaping it are becoming more difficult, if not impossible. For instance, Timothy Smeeding wrote a recent New York Times article entitled, “Living the American Dream (in Canada),” in which he stated, “Of all the consequences of rising economic inequality, none is more worrisome than the possibility that a growing gap will make it harder for children of low-income and middle-class families to climb the economic ladder.” Smeeding’s argument about children is especially troubling. In 2010 the U. S. Census reported that one in five children now live in poverty in the U.S. Overall, the increased number of Americans living in poverty is at an all-time high.

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On a final note, I visit Linh Dinh's State of the Union on a regular basis. The photography on this site is sobering,