Challenges of Poverty
This program of the New America Foundation was called “Poverty’s New Challenges, New Alliances, and New Ideas.”
Activists and analysts participated in a panel discussion on new policies and programs for combating poverty amidst a deepening recession. A… read more
Activists and analysts participated in a panel discussion on new policies and programs for combating poverty amidst a deepening recession. Among the topics they addressed were the need for bipartisanship, the effect of the recession on single parent families, the number of children living in poverty, and the need for new structure and more flexibility of the workplace. The panelists responded to audience members' questions.
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