Geneva VanHorn draws upon personal experience in calling for more support to prevent and address homelessness in our communities.
The American Dream is often promoted by the government as something every American should strive to achieve, yet the stereotypical image that it is...
Is Donald Trump right? Why do Mexicans immigrate to the U.S.?
The current federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour. Thousands of workers work 40 hours a week and still live in poverty. It is almost impo...
How poverty affects many people in America
In one of the world's wealthiest countries, poverty is extremely prevalent
There are way more problems America should be paying more attention to. We need to take these issues seriously, while we still have time.
The United States of America does not need to raise its Minimum Wage to $15.00 dollars and hour, It will only hurt us more!
How are you planning to fix..poverty.
A growing issue...
We need to help the poor to live a better life.More than 1.3 billion people are poor and we need to help.
Thousands of American citizens struggle with poverty and homelessness everyday.
Poverty
The is a big problem in the US, and only you can help us.
Our next president needs to deal with global poverty issues
Taxes are scewed to benefit the wealthy
This text describes what extreme poverty contributes to people’s daily lives.
issues with poverty
The United States needs to stop fighting in the biggest mistake we've made yet, the War in the Middle East.
World wide hunger is becoming more of a problem as Earth develops and improves. Two main issues for hunger are poverty along with food prices. St...
My letter is about how we need to pay more attention to homeless people and take action to help them out because, they need the same things as the ...
Mentally ill people are being blamed for gun by politicians and media violence when the real problem for gun violence is poverty.
How is the U.S. a "Rich Country" when its own people are starving or barely even have enough money to live off of.
Parents in a situation like poverty cannot just be careless of their kids.
The wealth gap is the root of poverty, thus in order to solve poverty we must talk about the wealth gap and what we're doing to bridge the gap.
With homelessness on the rise in some of our country’s most populated cities, organizations in the U.S. argue that the government needs to step in ...
A look at the connection between immigration and poverty.
The criminal justice system is becoming more unfair for this country more and more every day.
Possible solution to poverty...
Poverty is something that effects far to many people in our country, and around the world. We have the money and the resources, so we should be hel...
Although it may sound desirable, the raising of America's minimum wage could have many negative repercussions that many people have not anticipated.
Poverty is a huge thing worldwide and we need to do something so that it can be fixed.
Poverty is a problem all over the world from all the way in Africa to as close to your own backyard. At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $1...
Homelessness and poverty are some of the biggest problems in America right now. 564,708 people are homeless today in America which is an insane amo...
College Costs and Security
Poverty is something that happens all around the world. Many people don't have enough money to buy food and some cant afford to buy a house. As the...
People of our county you're supposed to guide are below the poverty line or struggling to pay bills make ends meet. So what are you going to do abo...
I believe that impoverished people should have the same job opportunity as wealthier people.
The wealth gap is widening leaving the poor in worse condition and the wealthy in better condition.
People treat homeless people wrong and i want to stop it!
In many countries women are not granted the right to an education due to poverty. In many cases women are viewed as housewives. They marry at a yo...
how to prevent and solve poverty.
Those who may not be the most politically or financially in your campaign due to poverty are the ones who need your help and advocacy the most.
Minimum Wage
Poverty is an issue that needs to be addressed.
No one should be insidiously wealthy and over fed when they're are people starving and homeless.
Homelessness and poverty must be vanquished
A spoken word describing the frustration faced by homeless people in America.
Why America needs to help stop America
The minimum wage should be raised to $10.10 (www.alternet.org) rather than the current $7.25 because young Americans need a reliable income, and ra...
Poverty in America. Can it be even be looked at?
We need to distribute the wealth to keep lower income families out of poverty.
Sometimes the world may not be as perfect as it seems.
Poor Latino families can no longer afford college especially when the cost of college is dramatically increasing.
Many people today in the United states are living in poverty and something should be done about this matter.
For many years, our economy has been digging itself deeper and deeper into a mountain of debt. With our lives submerged far under this mountain, it...
This letter explores American poverty.
My letter talks about two articles that supports my argument and one that counters it. At the end support triumphs reject.
I'm writing this letter on behalf of how the welfare system is costing our nation too much money.
This letter to the future president of the United States of America states one simple issue. This issue is the poverty that is around the community...
There are many places all over the world that are in poverty and we can't over look this issue. We need to all join together and address this probl...
Are you proud of yourself knowing there are people out there going through poverty?No.I thought so.Then do something about it.
My letter to the future president about my opinions on the problems of the United States of America
Illegal immigration is hurting the american economy. Illegal immigrants take jobs away from Americans which puts them in poverty.
Poverty in the US
People are being affected by poverty everyday, and if we don't prevent it, more and more people will suffer.
I want to increase the income for single parent families who are struggling to take care of there kids because of their small incomes. This is very...
Why we should raise the minimum wage?
Why we should get rid of poverty in the US
Albert Einstein once stated, “Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live it’s whole life thinking t...
Children who attend low-income schools are not getting equal educations.
Homeless people around my community is increasing and over crowding the streets.
Reasoning and statistics on why we should not raise the current minimum wage.
America's problems related to poverty, and possible solutions
There are billion of people in poverty that don't have food,home.
A short letter expressing my concerns on the poverty in our nation.
Poverty in the world has gone wild. We need to stop it and this is how.
In the world today there are many problems including poverty, racism, and terrorism. Racism is the big issue and needs to stop. People have been h...
There are many starving people out there, we need to fix this problem. Poverty is one reason for hunger. Poverty causes people to not be able to af...
Philadelphia resident Anthony Rivera addresses both presidential candidates through a spoken word poem, asking them to address the poverty he sees ...
I am a junior from Lafayette, Louisiana. As a high school student, I have noticed the changes in our country involving education, jobs, and poverty...
This letter is about poverty, the effects it presents, and why we need to stop this problem.
An alarming amount of food is being wasted, at the same time that millions of Americans are struggling to put food on the table.
Our current immigration policies affect poverty, separation of family, and stereotyping.
Why and how we should end poverty.
How children in poverty are raised in a world separate from the stable ones, and why the future should make this a priority.
We need to stop poverty.
Poverty in Small towns, is often over looked. The next president, really needs to take into consideration how that can be positively changed.
Poverty and world hunger are just a few of the many important issues in our country, in our nation, and in our world. There are people out there wi...
This letter is about how many people in the U.S.A. live without the 5 basic needs. This letter is also a persuasive note to you, saying that our Co...
Dear Future President, You as the President have to be empathetic and can't fear change. You have to be willing to compromise, bot not when it's...
The lack of access to water and proper sanitation endangers the lives of many African communities.
We need to eradicate the issue of poverty before it spirals out of our control.
The population of people in poverty is rising. Poverty needs to stop now.
Leave minimum wage alone.
"In America, just over 16 million children live in households where they have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet."
Mr. Trump wants to increase military spending even with the issues of education and poverty in America needing to be solved.
We have both an obesity problem and a starvation problem. People in the bronx, people in every state, and around the world, don’t have money to put...
We don't need money for a wall, but we need money for our future
