This fall, the Census Bureau released new poverty data showing a stunning reversal in economic security over the course of last year. The findings included a record jump in the Supplemental Poverty Measure just one year after hitting a record low. Child poverty doubled. Some 12.4 percent of Americans were poor last year, according to that measure. But More

The post A Wake-Up Call on Poverty appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

This post was originally published on CounterPunch.org.