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[[wikipedia:Poverty in the United States]] offers a good overview of how we measure poverty in the U.S. The Census Bureau tracks [https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2017/demo/poverty_measure-how.html two measures]: the official measure (developed in the early 1960s when Lyndon B. Johnson declared [[wikipedia:War on Poverty|War on Poverty]]) and the [[Supplemental Poverty Measure]]. | [[wikipedia:Poverty in the United States]] offers a good overview of how we measure poverty in the U.S. The Census Bureau tracks [https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2017/demo/poverty_measure-how.html two measures]: the official measure (developed in the early 1960s when Lyndon B. Johnson declared [[wikipedia:War on Poverty|War on Poverty]]) and the [[Supplemental Poverty Measure]]. | ||
Sites with clean interfaces that track various stats: | |||
* [https://spotlightonpoverty.org/states/ Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity] | |||
* [https://talkpoverty.org/poverty/ Talk Poverty] (hosted by the Center for American Progress) | |||
* [http://www.nccp.org/profiles/ National Center for Children in Poverty] | |||
= Middle-Class Jobs = | = Middle-Class Jobs = | ||
Revision as of 02:34, 12 October 2018
Poverty
wikipedia:Poverty in the United States offers a good overview of how we measure poverty in the U.S. The Census Bureau tracks two measures: the official measure (developed in the early 1960s when Lyndon B. Johnson declared War on Poverty) and the Supplemental Poverty Measure.
Sites with clean interfaces that track various stats:
- Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
- Talk Poverty (hosted by the Center for American Progress)
- National Center for Children in Poverty
Middle-Class Jobs
- Quoctrung Bui. "The most common jobs for the rich, middle class, and poor." NPR Planet Money. October 16, 2014.
Truck Driving
- Scott Santens. "Self-driving trucks are going to hit us like a human-driven truck." Medium. May 14, 2015.
- Natalie Kitroff. "Robots could replace 1.7 million American truckers in the next decade." Los Angeles Times. September 25, 2016.
