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.
50 years ago today, then-President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the war on poverty. This "war" was meant to help the nearly 1 in 5 Americans who were poor.
Half a century later, after the country's great recession, the number of people living below the line hasn't gone down by much. That reality is also reflected here, where Californians tend to struggle more than the rest of the country.
For more we're joined by Ann Huff Stevens, director of the Center for Poverty Research at UC-Davis.