Ferriday's poverty rate is getting out hand each and every year. Ferriday's poverty level is currently at 47.6%. The unemployment rate is at 18.7% ...
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...
Poverty in Small towns, is often over looked. The next president, really needs to take into consideration how that can be positively changed.
This letter is about poverty, the effects it presents, and why we need to stop this problem.
The lack of access to water and proper sanitation endangers the lives of many African communities.
Racial profiling and police violence needs to stop in the world and everyone needs to be equal.
Minimum Wage
Problems concerning poverty in our country, how it's a problem that must be taken care of, and possible solutions. This urgent problem is discussed...
We all know that a solution to a big problem cannot be realistically executed in a matter of hours, that is why I am asking you to actually look in...
The is a big problem in the US, and only you can help us.
Although it may sound desirable, the raising of America's minimum wage could have many negative repercussions that many people have not anticipated.
Social Inequality: Women and Minorities
I'm Black. Am I Next? This is what many minorities want to know while they just try to live their lives as American citizens. In this letter, we wi...
Minimum wage/ taxes and its effects on poverty
Poverty has been going around all around the world. The United Kingdom is trying to improve their ways to put a stop to poverty.
Many bright students are unable to get a good college education due to their families not having enough money. This is a problem.
Poverty in the US
Lowering College tuition
Minimum wage needs to be raised, so we don't have a lot of people under the poverty line.
Please read our desperate desire for a better environment.
Poverty- The state of being poor, hungry ,sick, and sad
Poverty is a serious issue in America and the world. Many people in America live in Poverty.
Dear future President of the United States, What's Going On?
Poverty is going on as we speak. People living in poverty lack a living space, money and even education.
This letter is about poverty in America and how we need to realize there is more to someone's story than what we see.
Poverty
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...
A growing issue...
A short letter expressing my concerns on the poverty in our nation.
Poverty in America. Can it be even be looked at?
Taxes are scewed to benefit the wealthy
How I feel about poverty, and that the next future president should do something about it.
The cost of living in big cities is having a toll on families by putting them in poverty.
Women are being paid less than men for the same amount of work.
In this letter to the next future president. The idea of poverty is discussed and its impact on our country.
The Favelas are Shanty towns located in Brazil.
With everything that has been said in my letter all I ask is that you take into consideration how we feel about the situations going on in our coun...
The lives of the people in Central America are getting worse everyday, and because of that they migrate here to live a better life, but the U.S gov...
Healthcare is way overpriced. This affects a great amount of the population and causes job unemployment, poverty, and much more. This must change!
I’m a fifteen year old student who lives in California and there are a few problems I would like to address that must be resolved. These problems a...
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...
Popular entertainment outlets neglect the hardships that minorities face, opting for the flashy and comical outlook it has for oblivious and impre...
This letter is to the future president about the growing concerns in this country that need to be addressed if we are going to restore it to its or...
In this letter, I want the community to know the problem with homelessness. Every night there is a homeless person sleeping at a bus stop, in a ten...
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...
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...
The United States of America should be a nation that provides everyone the same educational opportunities. America is known as the land of opportun...
Poverty is a huge problem worldwide and we have to stop it. Let's start with our country.
We need to stop poverty.
Getting everyone an education is the first step to reducing the poverty levels in the United States.
Some ways we could improve education for minorities and every student.
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 ...
There are many important issues surrounding education that could be critical in determining the future in many young people. We all need to jump in...
"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor" - James Baldwin
A look Into The Transgender Issue
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.
We don't need money for a wall, but we need money for our future
There are 43 million people living in poverty in our country. This is a serious problem. If the United States is suppose to be one of the greatest ...
The minimum wage is certainly not enough to live on, resulting in impoverished areas across the US.
This is an essay showing the reasons why creating a law forcing companies to hire women and minorities, would be a terrible idea.
The one thing that money cannot buy.
College Costs and Security
There is no reason that we can not help solve poverty and homelessness.
Many people today in the United states are living in poverty and something should be done about this matter.
Jessenia Sanchez
Millions of Americans struggle with hunger and food insecurity. This should be dealt with more efficiently.
"In America, just over 16 million children live in households where they have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet."
This letter explores American poverty.
The effects of mass incarceration in my neighborhood.
We need to eradicate the issue of poverty before it spirals out of our control.
This discusses how access to higher education can have a positive impact on the society and economy of our country.
Everything
Why is poverty such a big issue? When we have so many people who claim to be helping?
The misuse of food stamps should be stopped.
Millions suffer the plague of poverty, no one deserves it.
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...
World Hunger affects millions of people. With a little help from us, we can put an end to our dilemma.
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...
As of 2014, 45 million people out of 318.9 million people are living in poverty in the United States.
Limit the welfare period and the workforce will improve in no time.
Do you think that affirmative action is right?
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...
We need to distribute the wealth to keep lower income families out of poverty.
Poverty is decreasing in the US. But if certain incomes are going to be taken away the poverty level would increase.
Are you proud of yourself knowing there are people out there going through poverty?No.I thought so.Then do something about it.
Poverty is affecting millions of people each day.
There should be more federal funding toward the arts, especially for low income and minority communities. Arts integration has the power to encoura...
Cause and Effect. Ending poverty will play a huge part in improving our relationships with any country.
This letter is about child poverty and what the next president should do about this problem.
My view on poverty, and the great ripple effect that it causes.
Illegal immigration is hurting the american economy. Illegal immigrants take jobs away from Americans which puts them in poverty.
Our next president needs to deal with global poverty issues
In one of the world's wealthiest countries, poverty is extremely prevalent
I believe that one of the most important issues in our nation today that needs to be addressed is the distribution of wealth and the quality of our...
Leave minimum wage alone.
Why America needs to help stop America
A letter about why poverty needs to be looked at more closely, and in turn, fixed.
Poverty is an issue that needs to be addressed.
