Addressing the problems of urban poverty and economic development will be even more difficult now than it was 27 years ago.

Perhaps most damaging of all is the effect that urban poverty has on race relations.

The film is about government failure; individual lost of responsibility, and urban poverty.

For some of the students, it was their first close look at urban poverty.

A study of urban poverty points the finger at vanishing jobs.

The Brazilian government has made several attempts in the 20th century to improve the nation's problem of urban poverty.

Another attempt to deal with urban poverty came by way of gentrification.

"The evidence points to a moderate reduction in urban poverty," he said.

It makes you wonder whether there is something deadly in the American experience of urban poverty itself.

As people who deal with the world of urban poverty know, describing these deeper problems is easy.