Examines the forms that poverty takes in American families and what can be done to remedy it.

Teen childbearing has risen to frighteningly high levels over the last four decades, jeopardizing the life chances of young parents and their offspring alike, p

The New Localism provides a roadmap for change that starts in the communities where most people live and work. In their new book, The New Localism, urban expert

Recommends a redefined social contract that takes into account realities of the job market and the transitory sense of the assistance.

Published in 1997. Adolescent mothers are more likely to encounter a variety of economic and social ills than women who delay childbearing until they are adults