Child Poverty in America

Stephen Shames

Alicia Patterson Foundation

Los Angeles - The Smiths and their three girls have been living in this wooden lean-to in downtown Skid Row for the past five days. Keith Smith, with two years of college, can’t find steady work. They alternate between Skid Row and motels to make their money last.

Stephen Shames, "Child Poverty in America," in POYi Archive, Item #13820, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/13820 (accessed April 29, 2024).