Child Poverty in America

Stephen Shames

Alicia Patterson Foundation

Chicago - Michelle Smith, 10, cries after being hit by an older girl. The older girl’s mother, an alcoholic, is rarely home and in frustration, she often picks on the younger children in the neighborhood. Michelle lives in Uptown.

Stephen Shames, "Child Poverty in America," in POYi Archive, Item #13607, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/13607 (accessed November 24, 2024).