A poverty-related article from ESPN? Believe it: they compare the football careers of two high school students from the same area, one a rich school and the other.. well.. read on!
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=sandiegohs&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1
Hard times have fallen on even the upper-middle class. Falling allowances? Kids getting jobs? Tragedy in suburbia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/nyregion/13teens.html?em
Girl receives a $2 unemployment check:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-158591
Compare our youth situation with that of those in Greece. (Spoiler: they were selling rocks for throwing in protest. Yes, that's right, selling rocks.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/14/greece-riots-youth-poverty-comment
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