It's been exactly 50 years since Americans, or at least the non-poor among them, "discovered" poverty, thanks to Michael Harrington's engaging book The Other America.
5.9 million later die before their fifth birthday, and those who do not eventually discover poverty, war, illness, disappointment, grief.
No matter how many books he wrote, he was always introduced as "the author of The Other America" or as "the man who discovered poverty" or as "America's leading socialist," or all three.
But the SPM model, which was first introduced by U.S. Census Bureau in 2011, provides a more optimistic look at child poverty in the U.S. The SPM model discovered child poverty has actually declined since 1990, while official measurements by the federal government has reflected no substantial change.
In his memoirs, he says that he first discovered that poverty existed, as a child growing up in an overwhelmingly poor country, by reading John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath".
But if there is one thing the world has discovered about poverty reduction in the past 15 years, it is that development is not something rich countries do to poor ones.
If President Bush gets beyond the typical rhetoric concerning the plight of Africans, he'll discover that poverty throughout the continent is a matter of life and death -- indeed, mainly death.
The federal government did not get involved until the Clutch Plague, when millions of middle-class Americans discovered that poverty--and not a chicken in every pot--was just around the corner.
By purchasing from this social enterprise, you can help a woman end their cycle of chronic unemployment and poverty by discovering their talents and developing the skills they need to be ready for a job.
In 1891 gold was discovered in nearby Poverty Gulch by Robert Womack, a cowboy (who died poor), and in nearby Victor by Winfield Scott Stratton, a carpenter (who left a fortune of $20,000,000).
