children overall at the time. that number is over 60%. in baltimore, by the way, 62% of children live in single parent homes. in 1965 the unemployment was nearly double the national average. in 2015 the situation is exactly the same. twice the national average. in baltimore, 59% of black men between ages of 25 and 54 are working. compared with 79% of white men. child poverty rates for african-american children have gone down since the 60s. but there are twice as many african-american kids that continue to live in poverty as children overall. tom brokaw when i reread this report, you sit there and say, number one, pat moynahan was presh yent and number two, some things never changed. i remember when that report came out and we had another report talking about a nation separate and unequal in this country. moynahan was attacked from the left vilified for his candid
december 12, 1965 to defend the report. it s a good place to see the results of unemployment, the results of discrimination, results of bad housing, poor education. five decades later, the problems of inequality and poverty are worse in many areas. 50 years ago, 1/3 of african-american children live with only one parent or none. nearly three times the number of children overall at the time. that number is 60%. baltimore, 62% of children live in single parent homes. in 1965 unemployment rate among african-americans was nearly double the national average. 2015, the situation is exactly the same. twice the national average. in baltimore, 59% of black men between ages 25 and 54 are working. compared with 79% of white men. child poverty rates for african-american children have gone down since the 1960s, but they are nearly twice as many african-american kids that continue to live in poverty as children overall.
office and say we started the war on poverty in 196 a. we have lost it we failed. we have bigger amounts of poverty. why don t we win the war on poverty and actually do try to win that war on poverty. it seems to me that these are different categories. can you win a war against an enemy, but there are certain social problems. i mean, you want to quote scriptures, the scripture, the poor will always be with you. it s not as a way to condemn people to poverty. but it s a recognition that there will always be equality in the human condition. there will be people who are help less who can t help themselves, the mentally ill, others disablegd and as a result society has an obligation to help the helpless. but the idea that you will wipe it out, that to me is a political romanticism led to very dangerous tendencies. we can at least stop the it s getting so big. the divide is so huge. but, look, one of the great ironies is that the greatest reduction in child
office and say we started the war on poverty in 196 a. we have lost it we failed. we have bigger amounts of poverty. why don t we win the war on poverty and actually do try to win that war on poverty. it seems to me that these are different categories. can you win a war against an enemy, but there are certain social problems. i mean, you want to quote scriptures, the scripture, the poor will always be with you. it s not as a way to condemn people to poverty. but it s a recognition that there will always be equality in the human condition. there will be people who are help less who can t help themselves, the mentally ill, others disablegd and as a result society has an obligation to help the helpless. but the idea that you will wipe it out, that to me is a political romanticism led to very dangerous tendencies. we can at least stop the it s getting so big. the divide is so huge. but, look, one of the great ironies is that the greatest reduction in child
government this week? i ll explain. first, here s my take. if you are trying to understand the recent protests against the putin regime in russia, one of the best guides is an outspoken columnist that s been writing essays in the nation s leading newspapers over the past month. political competition is the heart beat of democracy. this author writes noting the absence of such competition in contemporary russia. he describes the frustrations of the russian middle class, demanding political rights. today the quality of our state does not match civil society s readiness to participate in it. on corruption, perhaps the issue that most riles the public, the problem is scathing. it s from the lack of transparency and accountability of government, he says. now, what makes this all deeply strange is that the author of these essays is vladimir putin, the architect, builder, and chief enforcer of the system that he is critiquing. putin seems to understand russia s problems better tha