U.S. Poverty Statistics

UN Report of US Extreme Poverty

At least 40 million americans living in poverty

13.5 million – extreme poverty
Skid Row – 5 toilet for 2,000 homeless
criminalization of homelessness
Philip Alston – UN Special Reporter

U.S. - neglectful policies re: poverty 1980 on...

Discarded notion of judging a nation by how it treats the worst off

Blaming the poor for their poverty

Society owes nothing to the worst off

Trump era on – Poverty worsens – tax cuts for rich, social cuts - health, food, housing for poor.