Table of Contents
Illusions of opportunity: the American dream in question / John E. Schwarz -- Hunger in the land of plenty / Janet Poppendieck -- The inner city: when work disappears / William Julius Wilson -- The causes of homelessness / Paul Koegel, M. Audrey Burnam, and Jim Baumohl -- Slavery in the fields / Daniel Rosenberg -- The state of America's children / Children's Defense Fund -- Who's poor in America / Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly -- How the U.S. economy creates poverty and inequality / Mary Huff Stevenson and Elaine Donovan -- Globalization and runaway jobs / Harry Browne and Beth Sims -- The war on the poor / Jim Hug.