PRB Report Examines U.S. Recession's Continuing Social and Economic Toll

PRB Report Examines U.S. Recession's Continuing Social and Economic Toll

The poverty rate rose to 15.1% for 2010, up from 13.2% in 2008, a rate not seen since 1993. The poverty gap between children and elderly widened since the onset of the recession; child poverty reached 22% in 2010, a level more than double that of the ...