Essays on Poverty in America

The Washington Post cites “a toxic collection of pathologies—poverty, unemployment, domestic violence, sexual assault, alcoholism, and drug addiction” as some of the many issues that afflict high percentages of the Native American community (Horwitz 2014). Statistically, minority groups in America have higher rates of poverty;…

Homelessness in America is on the rise. In any metropolitan city, there is an innumerable amount of people living on the street, on sidewalks, in parks, and in city designated tent areas. On any given night in 2017, approximately 554,000 people could be found sleeping…

War on Terror, War on Poverty, War on Everything.What comes into your mind? More death? More injuries? More taxes? Yet, war doesn’t seem end anything soon. War on drugs is probably the longest war US government and its citizens have faced since President Nixon declared…

Children living in poverty in the United States is often under-reported or seldom thought of because America is one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Looking at television you often see many commercials advocating fundraising for foreign nations but rarely if ever for American…

Race and poverty America is always projected as a world superpower, a developed nation with rich people. Something as downtrodden and unfortunate such as poverty is never associated with America. However, the truth is a far cry from this assumptions and indications. According to a…

Urban poverty in America today In a country that boasts probably the highest standard of living in the world, one wonders why poverty-stricken areas still persist. Even poverty remaining about the same or decreasing slowly but surely would satisfy most Americans who do not want…

Jacob Riis’ photography was revolutionary in his time for portraying a side of life not many people see. With the exception of people actually experiencing and living in it, most of the country was very ignorant about slums and poverty in America. While words on…