Poverty — United States.
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The 30s are still with us / Paul Jacobs.
Jacobs, of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, traces the emergence of poverty from the Great Depression.|THE 30’s ARE STILL WITH US / Paul Jacobs. – Jacobs, of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, traces the emergence of poverty from the Great Depression on. – RECORDED: at the opening of the…
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Vagabond / Agnes Vardas.
Filmmaker Agnes Vardas speaks about her most recent project, “Vagabond,” as well as the contributions which women can make to the film industry. She speaks about the shock produced in audiences when confronted with scenes of people dying from the cold and living without a home. She explains that the central character is a women…
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The New poverty : are we really better off than we were / Michael Harrington ; produced by Helene Rosenbluth.
Michael Harrington, Professor of Political Science at New York’s Queens College and author of The New American Poverty, gives the keynote address at the Poverty, Equality, and Justice Conference. Harrington discusses the role of the new working class, unemployment, youth, the homeless, and the feminization of poverty. He examines why there are 9 million more…
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Late doings in Island Creek Holler
Lou Hartman talks with Karen and Joe Mulloy about the work of the Southern Conference Educational Fund in Pike County, Tennessee, the hazards of strip mining, their work with poor people in Appalachia to fight coal corporations, and the opposition they have received. The Mulloys were arrested for sedition a year previously, and though the…
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Women and children last : the plight of poor women in affluent America / by Ruth Sidel ; interviewed by Jeanne Paslegreen.