Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social Action
Video and Multimedia
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Video Links
Video 1: Do Minimum Wage Increases Actually Help the Poor?
Description: This PBS clip explores the implications of raising the minimum wage.
Video 2: Perceptions of Wealth Inequality
Description: This video provides a graphical representation of the scale of income inequality in the United States.
Video 3: Economic Mobility
Description: Video produced by Pew describing the processes affecting absolute and relative economic mobility in the pursuit of the American Dream.
Audio Links
Audio 1: Struggling Families Lift Themselves Out of Poverty
Description: This clip discusses the work of the Family Independence Initiative and the experiences of families that have been through the program.
Audio 2: Inequality and the Economic Crisis
Description: NPR story on the links between income, education, and inequality in the United States during the recent financial crisis
Audio 3: Cycle of Poverty Hard to Break in Poorest U.S. City
Description: With the help of the Second Street Learning Center in Reading, PA, where 41.3% of the population lives below the poverty line, parents are able to search for work.