![]() ![]() There was a leaky pipe, which led to dampness and mold. His mother missed work so often that she risked being fired.ĭoctors gave the boy the usual inhalers and steroids, but then again and again sent him home to his slum apartment which they knew would make his asthma worse. Attacks of asthma sent him again and again to the pediatrics department. He was taken to the famed Boston Medical Center where the best treatment came not from a doctor but a lawyer. I finally got it when I heard a simple story about a sick little boy. When I began my book on the working poor, I did not understand one very important characteristic of poverty. Shipler says there are creative ideas being used every day to fight poverty in the United States, and he describes one of them in our third commentary about poverty. He found that poverty is not a one-dimensional problem, and for a family to escape poverty a number of major issues must be addressed. He spent five years interviewing poor working families around the country. Commentator David Shipler used to be a correspondent for The New York Times. In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, the US saw vivid images of the poverty that exists alongside the country's affluence. ![]() Over the past few days, we've been hearing about poverty in America. ![]()
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