The poverty threshold in the US is defined by a standard developed and used since 1955, independent of geographical regions.. i.e. applied nationally rather than regionally or by rural, urban, or metropolitan area.  The article Mismeasuring Poverty describes the big picture (...

Very often, too often, imo, when asked why our society justifies the perpetuation of poverty the response is that "its their own fault", or words to that effect... which reason is academically referred to as the "cultural" cause of poverty.  I've argued in past notes on the subject that this is a specious reason for ...

Very often, too often, imo, when asked why our society justifies the perpetuation of poverty the response is that "its their own fault", or words to that effect... which reason is academically referred to as the "cultural" cause of poverty.  I've argued in past notes on the subject that this is a specious reason for ...