What Poverty Looks Like In Modern America

A Different Type of Poverty What does it mean to be poor in America? By HAPPY CARLOCK Five decades since President Lyndon B. Johnson began his so-called War on Poverty, poor Americans continue to struggle. In “The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives,” Sasha Abramsky, a freelance journalist and lecturer in the university writing program at the University of California–Davis, tells the story of America’s poor today. Abramsky recently spoke with U.S. News about defining poverty, identifying its causes and addressing the problem. The Rest Of The Story Is...

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Sad state of our American landscape…

This is such a sad reality of the America in which we call home, it is unacceptable that in this country, children have to grow up in poverty… We can eradicate poverty in America! Media Link Here: BBC- This World: America’s Poor Kids...

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Cleomentary In The News…

LINK HERE: Cleomentary In The News WFYI 90.1 FM Indianapolis, IN w/Jill Ditmire reporting Kevin Kimbrough, Founder...

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Cleomentary on the radio…

  We will be on the radio,  WFYI 90.1 FM Indianapolis, IN Jill Ditmire will be reporting on Cleomentary tomorrow 8/30/13 about our organization and our efforts in eradicating poverty in America! Please tune in and catch this...

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Final Days…

  This is crunch time! …and we can’t do it without you! We need everyone who supports our mission to eradicate poverty in America, to vote daily until September 2, 2013 to advance to the next round in the Walmart “Get On The Shelf” contest. VOTE DAILY | VOTE HERE:...

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