A Solution to Child Poverty

Nearly 1 in 5 American children is officially poor. That’s roughly 15 million kids. But the number living with a significant deprivation—insufficient food, seriously overcrowded housing or a lack of access to medical care due to cost—is actually much higher. According to the latest studies, it’s more like 1 in 3. Why do we tolerate this?

America has long been resistant to adequate poverty policies because of its strong strain of thinking that the poor are responsible for their own situations, no matter their suffering,