Suburbs take hit as US poverty climbs in downturn

WASHINGTON - Assaulted by the downturn, America`s suburbs are heading the brunt of poverty among persons of good age that has climbed to its highest point in about a half century, making strains on dwindling safety-net programs focusing largely on the inner-city poor.

A couple of analyses by the nonprofit Brookings Institution paint a bleak monetary picture for the 100 largest metropolitan areas over the preceding ten and in the upcoming years, when the U.

Witnesses dispute details of black police shooting on Red Line car .

Anyone who cares enough about what goes on in the inner-city will generally pay attention to intelligence reports, academic studies, read books (including novels from people such as Richard Price), watch documentaries, and use any list of other sources to see a bit about that portion of our community.One who does that (such as me) will recognise that rather a few residents there do not trust or for any act of other reasons dislike the police.