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U.S. Poverty: Realities and Possibilities
November 4, 1998
More than three decades ago in the mid-1960s, President Johnson announced what he called a War on Poverty. Today, no one in the white House or in the Congressional leadership talks that way. Meanwhile the United States remains a country with many poor people. The Institute for Food and Development Policy also known as Food First, points out that 30 million Americans go hungry. Somewhere between 5 million and 7 million are homeless. More than 40 million Americans have no health insurance and in the United States we have the highest rate of child poverty among the industrialized countries.
On this round table edition of Making Contact we're going to discuss realities of poverty and possibilities for creating positive social change.
Featuring:
Barbara Ehrenreich, author, "The Snarling Citizen" and "Blood Rites"; Fannie Brown, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).