Abstract

'One Nation, Fragmented'

Offers a look at poverty in the United States. Visibility of the poor in New Orleans, Louisiana, during Hurricane Katrina; Report that there are 37 million poor people in the U.S., according to a Census Bureau report; List of regional inequalities and disparities in the U.S.; Reference to a study of life expectancy disparities among rich and poor people in Chicago, Illinois; Prevalence of poverty among African Americans in the U.S.; Criticism of residential segregation patterns that isolate poor blacks; Report that housing authorities in Chicago were forced to move poor black families into predominately white neighborhoods; Launch of the Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1994.