How Strong Is Safety Net for Poor Americans?
Clip: 2/2/2012 | 12m 29s
Poverty and Politics: How Strong Is Safety Net for Poor Americans?
Presidential candidates have loaded recent stump speeches with references to wealth, taxes and "the very poor." Jeffrey Brown explores the role of poverty this election year with Lawrence Mead of New York University, Angela Glover Blackwell of the advocacy group PolicyLink and Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia.
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How Strong Is Safety Net for Poor Americans?
Clip: 2/2/2012 | 12m 29s
Presidential candidates have loaded recent stump speeches with references to wealth, taxes and "the very poor." Jeffrey Brown explores the role of poverty this election year with Lawrence Mead of New York University, Angela Glover Blackwell of the advocacy group PolicyLink and Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia.
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