Nearly 14 million Americans live in neighborhoods of extreme poverty - World Socialist Web Site
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Nearly 14 million Americans live in neighborhoods of extreme poverty
By Evan Blake
24 August 2015
A report released earlier this month found that the number of Americans living in neighborhoods of extreme poverty, where more than 40 percent of the population is at or below the federal poverty line, has nearly doubled since 2000, rising from 7.2 million to 13.8 million.
The report highlights the reality of deepening poverty and social misery since the Wall Street crash of October 2008, exposing the mass media’s lies that there has been any sort of economic recovery during that time.