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Addo, F. R., & Darity Jr., W. A. (2021). Disparate recoveries: Wealth, race, and the working class after the Great Recession. Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Science, 695(1), 173–192.
The authors provide research describing the wealth inequality that exists within the United States and how the differential impact of poverty on demographic groups. After reading this article, you should have a better understanding of how and why poverty disproportionately impacts traditionally vulnerable and oppressed groups.

Becerra, X. (2023, January 12). Annual update of the HHS poverty guidelines. Federal Register: The Daily Journal of the United States Government.
This resource provides the current poverty level thresholds based on family size, these thresholds are adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index.

Public Broadcasting System (2023). Two American families [Video]. Frontline.
This documentary was filmed over 34 years following two families one White (the Neumanns) and one is African American (the Stanleys). Filmed in five different installments this documentary describes how two working class families struggling to stay out of poverty. As you watch the story of these two families, consider what they consider to ‘living in poverty’ and how they manage while living paycheck to paycheck.

Institute for Research on Poverty. (2020, July 14). How is poverty measured? [Video]. YouTube.

This website provides the 2024 poverty guidelines. This may serve as a reference, however, please be sure to find the most up-to-date guidelines for the course assignment as needed.