Sara Murray & Mark Lopez look at the recent Census data showing a record 42.6 million people are now living in poverty in America. We’ll look at the demographics of who is living in poverty, how the face of poverty has changed since the economic downturn and how poverty is measured.
Douglas Besharov & Peter Edelman holds a discussion on federal poverty-related programs: what they are, how much they cost, and their efficacy in reducing poverty.
Melissa Boteach, Half in Ten Manager looks at one of the many community programs to help fight poverty and how they partner with the federal government. We feature the “Half in Ten” campaign, which aims to cut poverty in half in ten years.