First, more than ever, my priority is to confront the crisis of everyday living faced by a large fraction of our residents, more specifically the stark reality of rising child poverty in DC.
D.C., suburbs show disturbing increases in childhood poverty
By Carol Morello and Dan Keating
Wednesday, September 29, 2010; 3:07 AM Washington Post
Three out of 10 children in the nation's capital were living in poverty last year, with the number of poor African American children rising at a breathtaking rate, according to census statistics released Tuesday.