Five evils: Multidimensional poverty and race in America

By Richard V. Reeves, Edward Rodrigue and Elizabeth Kneebone. Poverty is about a lack of money, but it’s not only about that. As a lived experience, poverty is also characterized by ill health, insecurity, discomfort, isolation, and more. To put it another way: Poverty is multidimensional, and its dimensions often cluster together to intensify the negative effects of being poor. More...