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Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street (1888) How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York (1890) is an early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. The photographs served as a basis for future "muckraking" journalism by exposing the slums to ...
Riis used these images to attract the public interest of the upper classes of New York to the poor conditions of the lower classes and to help them to improve their condition. The photographs of poor or homeless children were often particularly poignant and moving to achieve that purpose. Cultural references
A large proportion of children in the United States experience poverty. As of 1992, children were the largest age group living below the poverty line, [1] and around 1 in 5 children were affected as of 2016. [2] Child poverty is measured using absolute and relative methods. It is caused by many factors, including race, education, and family ...
Child poverty. Two sisters sit on the slum streets of Spitalfields, London, circa 1903. Child poverty refers to the state of children living in poverty and applies to children from poor families and orphans being raised with limited or no state resources. UNICEF estimates that 356 million children live in extreme poverty.
Extreme poverty [a] is the most severe type of poverty, defined by the United Nations (UN) as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services". [1]
Street children. Gavroche, a fictional character in the historical novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, is inspired by the street children who existed in France in the 19th century. Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids, or urchins; the ...
Poor children have a great deal less healthcare and this ultimately results in many absences from school. Additionally, poor children are much more likely to suffer from hunger, fatigue, irritability, headaches, ear infections, flu, and colds. [147] These illnesses could potentially restrict a student's focus and concentration. [148]
The post Republican governors are fine with letting poor children starve appeared first on TheGrio. The GOP opposition to anti-hunger programs is part of their shtick, and it exposes their ...