Feb 21 Watch 8:25 Heat or hunger? Low-income families struggle to cope with winter weather By PBS News Hour As the brutal winter drags on for parts of the country, many low-income families are struggling to pay their energy bills. In North Carolina, local governments are increasingly partnering with private nonprofit organizations to try to find new ways to… Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch 8:38 Will Promise Zone initiative lift Eastern Kentucky’s coal country out of poverty? By PBS News Hour Fifty years after President Lyndon Johnson visited Kentucky and declared the War on Poverty, the area of Eastern Kentucky continues to struggle with high unemployment rates, poverty, and the loss of thousands of coal-industry jobs. NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports… Continue watching
Oct 18 National poverty rate drops slightly, but suburban poverty still bleak By Megan Thompson The poverty rate in the U.S. registered its first drop in the U.S. since 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau reported, falling from 15 percent in 2012 to 14.5 percent in 2013, but the situation remains bleak in American suburbs. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 9:43 Poverty rates surge in American suburbs When President Johnson declared a “War on Poverty” fifty years ago, images of the American poor focused on the inner-city and rural poor. What is the state of American poverty today? Megan Thompson reports on the less visible but growing… Continue watching