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Child Poverty Has Been Ignored at the Debates for Two Decades

Bobbi Dempsey

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This critical topic has only been addressed a single time in the past 20 years.

Like many other Americans, I have been closely watching the Democratic presidential debates. I’m interested in everything the candidates have to say, but I was especially alert for one subject in particular. I watched and waited. And waited some more. I was starting to give up…

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Bobbi Dempsey

Writer whose recent work includes essays and op-eds on poverty and social issues, but I also love fun stuff like the 80s, bargain-hunting, and bad reality TV.