
Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter on fighting poverty
Clip: 2/14/2014 | 8m 57s
Judy Woodruff talks to Philadelphia's Michael Nutter about the factors that fuel poverty.
In Philadelphia, more than a quarter of all residents live below the poverty level, the highest rate among U.S. cities its size or larger. In our series on the growing divide between the rich and poor, Judy Woodruff talks to Mayor Michael Nutter about the complex, intergenerational factors that fuel poverty and what his city’s designation as a “Promise Zone” will mean for combating inequality.
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Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter on fighting poverty
Clip: 2/14/2014 | 8m 57s
In Philadelphia, more than a quarter of all residents live below the poverty level, the highest rate among U.S. cities its size or larger. In our series on the growing divide between the rich and poor, Judy Woodruff talks to Mayor Michael Nutter about the complex, intergenerational factors that fuel poverty and what his city’s designation as a “Promise Zone” will mean for combating inequality.
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