American Poverty Presidential Failures and a Call to Action

I knew Woody Klein when he was a crusading and courageous reporter for the old "New York World-Telegram & Sun". He has done an extraordinary job in looking back at how presidents of our country have addressed the problem of poverty in our society, and he has eloquently reminded us that despite our great economic success, we still have a significant number of very poor people whose issues have to be addressed. Richard Ravitch, former lieutenant governor of New York and a nationally known expert on housing and urban poverty