Liberation theology accepts the reconstruction of human and cosmic purpose through an interpretation of classical religious ideas in the light of Marxist categories. The avowed justification of liberation theology, the alleviation of the poor, can be best achieved by other means and ideas more in conformity with the tenets and means of classical…

Examines the consequences for housing assistance to the elderly of shifting from current income eligibility criteria to a permanence of poverty standard. A multivariate model of the probability of being permanently poor shows the elderly to have disproportionately high probabilities of persistent need. (Author/JAC)

What the federal government needs to do is to coordinate a broad national level of evaluation of specific intervention programs at the local level. A unified and coordinated evaluation approach is needed at the national level that utilizes "outside" and local evaluators considered to have technical expertise and professional integrity. (Author/ER)

The good news is that today more low-income parents--in rural as well as urban communities--are holding down jobs and bringing home a paycheck than at any other time in recent memory. Like all parents, they hold fast to the belief that their hard work and sacrifice will translate into a better life for themselves and their children. The bad news…

This document is comprised of the three 2002 issues of a newsletter devoted to identifying and promoting strategies to reduce the poverty rate of young children and to improve the life chances of children still living in poverty. The Winter issue includes the following articles: (1) "NCCP [National Center for Children in Poverty] Responds to…

Contrary to the predictions of the standard life-cycle model, many low lifetime-income households accumulate little wealth relative to their incomes compared to households with high lifetime income. This paper uses data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and a correlated random-effects generalized model of moments estimator to decompose the…

This report describes demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the children of immigrants, focusing on their economic status. Major findings include the following: (1) immigrant children are more likely to be poor than native-born children; (2) among children whose parents work full-time, immigrant children are at a greater risk of living…

This paper examines trends that have contributed to the changing awareness and understanding of poverty and community in the United States. It also describes and comments on the recent amalgam of place-based and people-based approaches known as comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs) and community building that have grown up as a result of the…

This study compared the proportion of 1- to 5-year-olds in poor and non-poor households whose intakes of key nutrients were inadequate. Data were obtained from the 1986 United States Department of Agriculture Nationwide Food Consumption Survey and Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals. An intake below 70 percent of the Recommended Daily…

Discusses the lopsided distribution of wealth in the United States, which is perpetuated by the regressive taxation system and the payment of public subsidies to large corporations. These factors operate in important ways in the health system. (Author/SB)

Literature on the national poverty war is examined, focusing on concepts of community action and resident participation as contributors to adult education of the poor for improved social and civic competence. The literature is found to demonstrate positive, though limited, aspects of participation as civic education. (AG)

Topics discussed in this article are: (1) a brief pre-termination history of the Menominee Indians; (2) the enactment of termination; (3) the effects of termination on the Menominee; and (4) the need to repudiate termination. (NQ)

Barring a fundamental redistribution of income and the provision of national health services, it is unlikely that the problems of special categories of poor will soon be solved. (DM)

Article describes new efforts being made to identify and assist gifted poor children. (GB)

The issue of poverty and Chicanos is discussed from the view point of the conservative, the liberal, the radical institutionalist, and the radical utopian. (NQ)