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School of Social Work
311 Huey P. Long Field House
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: (800) 848-7111
Phone: (225) 578-5875
Fax: (225) 578-1357

In the Media

Television

ABC

• Tennessee's High Infant Death Rate Baby Death Public Health Crisis Thwarted by Poverty; Report by Craig Leake and David Appleby; Broadcast 20/20; Date: August 22, 2008

CNN

• The richest (and poorest) places in the U.S.Maryland knocked New Jersey out of the top spot this year, while Mississippi and West Virginia were the poorest states in the Union
• Housing troubles worsen for the poor The numbers of low-income families devoting high levels of income to housing costs are soaring, according to a new study

PBS

• Programs Aim to Break Cycles of Poverty in the South Through Home Ownership
• Matched Savings Program Targets Miss. Poverty
• Unnatural causes: Is inequality making us sick?
  

Radio

NPR

• Redefining poverty in the U.S.
• Hunger in America
• Credit Picture Different for Rich, Poor Households

 

Newspapers

The Advocate

• Our Views: Poverty hurts many pupils
• Living poor in Louisiana Fiscal realities make it tough to break poverty cycle By PATRICK COURREGES Advocate Acadiana bureau Published: Apr 20, 2008 - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.
• Louisiana poverty by the numbers Published: Apr 20, 2008 - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

The New York Times

• Food Stamps Buy Less; Families Are Hit Hard By Leslie Kaufman Online June 22, 2008
• LSU Asst. Prof. Tim Slack of Poverty Initiative Quoted on US Rural Hardships By Clifford Krauss Online: June 9, 2008
• As Jobs Vanish and Prices Rise, Food Stamp Use Nears Record By ERIK ECKHOLM
  Published: March 31, 2008

 

Books

• No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City One Nation by Katherine S. Newman
• Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All by Mark Robert Rank
• Understanding Poverty Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger; Edited by Robert H. Haveman
• America Unequal by Sheldon H. Danziger and Peter Gottschalk
• Fighting Poverty What Works and What Doesn't Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger; Edited by Daniel Weinberg
• Confronting Poverty Prescriptions for Change Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary Sandefur, and Daniel Weinberg
• Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers (National Poverty Center Series on Poverty and Public Policy) by Rebecca M. Blank