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Poverty Spikes in the Suburbs
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Poverty Spikes in the Suburbs

What's Driving this Trend?

Alexandra Cawthorne discusses the recent rise in suburban poverty and what we can do about it.

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Why is poverty rising in the suburbs? Why are suburbs particularly unequipped to deal with this rise? What can we do about it?

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Authors

Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines

Vice President, Poverty to Prosperity