Hunger in America: 2011 United States Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics

Check out this site. A lot of interesting facts and information...

http://www.afaceaface.org/blog/2011/02/07/hunger-in-america-2011-united-states-hunger-and-poverty-facts-and-statistics/

The Homeless Child Generation

This is clip from the CBS show 60 Minutes. There are really interesting percentages and interesting aspects of this video.  CHECK IT OUT

Skid Row Downtown Los Angeles: Visit One...

These are some pictures I took during the day at Skid Row.  The long line you see in some of the photos below are people waiting to be fed and housed.  I plan to go back during the evening to see when the streets are filled with tents....

Poverty In Downtown Los Angeles

Soon I will be visiting Skid Row and uploading pictures that I will take during the visit.  Before that I wanted to share the history of skid row and what it is.  I found this article to be very informative. Check it out.

http://www.lachamber.com/clientuploads/LUCH_committee/102208_History_of_Skid_Row.pdf

Causes of Hunger in the U.S.

http://www.bread.org/hunger/us/causes.html

This is an interesting Article I came across while researching poverty.  We have an excess yet we cant help those who need it the most; simply sad.

In and Out but Never Stable

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-poverty-study-20110328,0,4527782.story

I read this article relating to how individuals are always coming in and out of the poverty line.  It's sad to know that many are never in a stable financial situation, its always up and down...

"Eleven charts that explain everything that's wrong with America"

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph

I came across this article in my Communications and Social Justice class.
It is basically a variety of charts that compare the rich to the poor. When I took a look at these charts, I couldn't believe how such a small portion of America takes up the majority of wealth in our country.