Child Poverty in America

Stephen Shames

Alicia Patterson Foundation

New York - Eddie Padillo, 15, inside an abandoned building in the Bronx where he and some other teenagers live. Economic pressure forces many poor families to turn their chldren loose. These “throwaway” youngsters often band together and care for each other.

Stephen Shames, "Child Poverty in America," in POYi Archive, Item #13604, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/13604 (accessed November 24, 2024).