Obvious Poverty: America's Homeless
Stereotypes tell us it’s easy to spot the homeless—after all, life on the street tends to leave a mark on people. But is a “homeless profile” really meaningful? In today’s economy a man in a business suit might well be living in his car; a...
What Poor Child Is This? Poverty and America's Children
If poverty is a serpent, child poverty is its venom. And with an estimated 12 million American children suffering from economic hardship, even the wealthiest society on Earth cannot escape the poisonous effects of poverty. This program examines chil...
A place at the table
Fifty million people in the U.S.—one in four children—don't know where their next meal is coming from.
Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food ins...
Nouveau Poor: Immigrant Poverty
The “golden door” exalted at the Statue of Liberty still beckons the world’s poor. Once inside the U.S., however, most immigrants accept a lifestyle that is anything but glittering. This program reveals the conditions in which an American newc...