Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Poverty in the U.S. is no longer relegated to the ghettos and barrios of the inner cities. Today, more poor people can be found living in the suburbs than the cities.
The 'burbs of Las Vegas is one glaring example Between 2000 and 2012 the number of people living below the poverty line has doubled.
In part 2 of the Fronteras Desk's series on hidden pockets of poverty, reporter Kate Sheehy took a look at this hard to find population.