Category: Poverty in America

Poverty is a worldwide epidemic that is changing trends in the countrys economy and affecting the economic prosperity of the community. This social problem is within my two articles and is focused on Americans of all ages. The U.S poverty rate slightly declined last year but despite that, the Census Bureau studied that still, about…

What can be changed about poverty in America? Everything. One will never truly know poverty unless they have lived in poverty themselves. Poverty is caused by societys trends changing. Poverty is associated with homelessness, the lack of education, a culture of poverty, epidemic diseases such as AIDS, and illiteracy overpopulation. Congress and I will help…

Abstract Peter Edelmans work Not a Crime to be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America discusses a wide array of social dilemmas individuals within poverty are faced with. The book looks at the criminal justice system as related to poverty: probation, parole, jail, prisons, tickets, fines and fees all related to criminal charges. A…

The curse of poverty has plagued America since before the phrase The American Dream was coined. Due to poverty in America, some Americans can not even chase that dream that is so passionately sought after. The full range of the amount of people suffering from poverty in America was not even fully realized until the…

Discrimination and poverty in America has become an issue that we have seen over the years. Many factors play a part in the connection between poverty and discrimination, including but not limited to, social, economic, and political discrimination being both linked to the fabric of the U.S welfare. Resulting in the need of income maintenance…

Rising childcare cost, shortfall of federal housing assistance, and stagnant or falling incomes among the poor communities are some challenges we face in developing effective programs, services, and responsive social policies. As a result of these trends, most poor renting families now devote over half of their income to housing costs, and eviction has become…

Supporting People in Poverty Andrew Carnegie (2019) said, The best means of benefitting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise& On any particular day in America, over 600,000 individuals are homeless (Gaines, 2019). Despite the common vision to aid in economic and social equality, there is…

In California, there are many citizens and immigrants who are struggling to earn enough income to support themselves and, if applicable, ones family. The cost of living in California is so high that many families in the Bay Area, in particular, are having a hard time paying off their bills. Even though the minimum wage…

How does one become homeless? Homelessness is a global problem that affects many. As statistics show there is a huge population that are homeless and those individuals are exposed to a lot of negative environmental factors. It takes a toll on an individuals well-being. Homelessness could happen to anyone. Homeless are unstable in housing and…