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AMERICA'S NEW POOR
by
Chris L. Jenkins
__________________________________________________________________
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM)
August 2010
Copyright 2010 Chris L. Jenkins
Object Description
| Title | America's new poor |
| Author | Jenkins, Christopher L. |
| Author email | chrislanierjenkins@gmail.com; chrisljenkins@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Journalism (Print Journalism) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-05-15 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 07 Jul. 2012. |
| Date published | 2012-07-07 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Tolan, Sandy |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Suro, Roberto Saito, Leland |
| Abstract | The worst of The Great Recession of 2008 may finally be over, but it has left vast human and economic devastation in its wake: Seven million more people are unemployed than three years ago. The country has seen a sharp increase in homelessness. And much like the Great Depression, when millions of previously working people came to rely on a new social safety net for their sustenance, a swelling group of formerly middle-class Americans is seeking government aid for the first time. Many economists are calling this group of Americans "The New Poor" and wonder how they will recover as unemployment continues to hover around 10 percent. This story profiles a Covina couple who are going through such a transition: James and Kathy Matthews and their two children were once a middle class family living in Murrieta- but now are on the state's welfare to work program. James is frustrated with his circumstances and wants to move back to the middle fast; Kathy, more resigned about their position on the bottom, struggles too, but seeks patience. A human face behind the aftermath of the country's worst downturn since The Great Depression. |
| Keyword | Covina |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Covina |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Coverage date | 2008/2010 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3179 |
| Rights | Jenkins, Christopher L. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Jenkins-3769 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Jenkins-3769.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | AMERICA'S NEW POOR by Chris L. Jenkins __________________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM) August 2010 Copyright 2010 Chris L. Jenkins |
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