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In Los Angeles, Where the Rich and the Destitute Cross Paths

New York Times Original article ›

Krugman on poverty and hardship in America in 2015

05/29/2015

Krugman cites a Federal Reserve survey that shows 47% of people saying they could not meet an unexpected $400 expense without borrowing or suffering economic hardship.

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The Insecure American

New York Times 05/29/2015

The I-Word Our Debates Are Missing

Wall Street Journal 12/10/2015

The Millions of Americans Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Barely Mention: The Poor

The New York Times 08/11/2016

Pieces of Silver

The New York Times 08/12/2016

Apple must now pay its taxes. This is a vindication of protest | Owen Jones

The Guardian 08/30/2016

Struggling to Serve at the Nation’s Richest University

The New York Times 10/24/2016

Poverty among white Americans in 2010-2015

03/11/2009

A previous generation could count on good jobs in manufacturing with only a high school education. The last two decades of globalization have hit manufacturing jobs and wages in the U.S. hard and the impact is greatest on people without a college education. Other problems aggravating income and causing poverty is the increase of dropout rates from the labor force of young white American men, the effects of drug use and the lack of stable marraiges. This creates an underclass of whites in America, similiar to the underclass among minorities.

Grouped Articles

Racial Wealth Gap Widened During Recession

New York Times 04/28/2013

Income Slides to 1996 Levels

Wall Street Journal 09/14/2011

Young and Isolated

New York Times 06/22/2013

OECD report cites rising income inequality - The Washington Post

Washington Post 12/06/2011

U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide

Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013

Hungry in America

New York Times 02/10/2010

Poverty in California in 2018

07/03/2018

Grouped Articles

In Los Angeles, Where the Rich and the Destitute Cross Paths

New York Times 07/02/2018

Analysis | Is it great to be a worker in the U.S.? Not compared with the rest of the developed world.

Washington Post 07/04/2018

Heat, Smoke and Covid Are Battering the Workers Who Feed America

NYTimes.com 08/28/2020

A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America

The Guardian 12/15/2017

Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty - The Washington Post

Washington Post 01/17/2015

Dark days lie ahead in the dystopia of California

The Times 11/14/2019


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