kellogg foundation, improving the lives of vulnerable children.earn more at wkkf.org. ♪ america's kids and a better families. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ♪ tavis: in our second part of the poverty tour, we look at the inw pour,or," who used to be the middle class. >> the blues are a personal catastrophe expressed lyrically. >> the white literary blues. >> i teach them in my class. >> the tennessee williams festival. >> me and my wife -- all of us. trying to get here. you have to keep our home. >> the new pouor are the form er middle class. >> i had a job, a family, what people are supposed to have. i have nothing. >> hatred or revenge, at the blues fest, it is about the love. >> there are more -- >> i worked with a nonprofit for 18 years. my car was reposessed and my home -- >> we are in a class war now. >> you must come to terms with the reality. you cannot not know. >> the largest econiminomic institutions came to the government for a bailout. wallstreet socialized its failure on main street. the poverty wa

kellogg foundation, improving the lives of vulnerable children.earn more at wkkf.org. ♪ america's kids and a better families. >> and by contributions to you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: even before the name -- numbers came out, we decided to spend some time getting to know the people behind the pottering -- poverty statistics. cornel west joined us. in tonight's episode, we call this one suffering, we look at what motivated us to take this for and the personal face of an american tragedy. >> most of those people do not know where they are. >> there is a new and poor in america right now. i want them to come together. >> the corporations get away again. the banks got away again. this entire legislation is on the back of the poor. >> well adapted to indifference. we want great leaders who love the people. tavis: the more i see what people are going through, all people of all colors and creeds, that is why i left the studio. that is why i give up my vacation time and called td. roa it is the telling the trut

kellogg foundation, improving the lives of vulnerable children.earn more at wkkf.org. ♪ america's kids and a better families. >> and by contributions tos stae you. thank you. ♪ tavis: at the heart of somerset has gone wrong with our economy in the past few years is the problems in housing. we are looking at those caught up in the housing crisis in a piece called no room at the inn. >> where are we? >> you are here at my house. the average working person is getting foreclosed upon. i went to the shelter first and there was "no one in the inn" per se. shelter recommended you out here. >> yes. >> olstein noncitizens, whatever -- old senior citizens, whatever. >> they even if people. housing is a human right that is why we stand and fight ♪ housing is a human right >> to start off with housing as a human right, we all agree that we have the right to live. there is no way to live without housing. tavis: in the year 2010, and already decimated housing market suffered an additional 3.8 million foreclosures, a record rate. across this s tpo lns to this cr

kellogg foundation, improving the lives of vulnerable children.earn more at wkkf.org. ♪ america's kids and a better families. >> and by contributions to[capty kcet public television] tavis: while many of the men and women we elect to lead on important issues continue to ignore the issue of poverty in america, thankfully there are many groups trying to make a difference. in the final installment of our "flight of the -- fight of the poor." >> we consulted with some people to put forth the effort to reclaim abandoned property. >> one of the things we have been doing that, god has been helping us to educate people who have never been poor but they find themselves poor. >> we see these groups working together and we see how they are fighting for things and we can see how these social movements are growing up. >> the effort to end poverty are all of the coalition's and organizations fighting for the plight of the poor. that is the basis why we are on this journey to eliminate poverty. >> the united states must take it upon ourselves to enforce our huma

kellogg foundation, improving the lives of vulnerable children.earn more at wkkf.org. ♪ america's kids and a better families. >> and by contributions tothank. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: despite all the talk in washington from both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, about the importance of jobs, unemployment in this country remains painfully high. in tonight's installment would focus on the jobs crisis in a piece called "nothing moves without us." >> it is really hard, it seems like those buildings are worth anything. >> nothing moves without us. >> you all are part of an escalating motion, momentum, and we hope movement, because there is so much greed at the top. >> we can empower ourselves as a community and for that kind of transformation that will really change the power structure as it exists in this country. ♪ tavis: three years into the great recession, despite the market's seeming recovered, it remains harder than ever to find work in america, and for many, having a job is still not enough. today

kellogg foundation. there is a particular question submitted from the kellogg website is that i wanted to get to because it is a great segue, suze orman, to you, michael just talked about the group of americans who have always been poor. i called them earlier, the perennialy poor. there is a great question from the kellogg website that said children who grow up in poverty tend to stay in poverty. what factors do you think contribute to it among american families? that phrase got me. i want to ask suze to comment on that because we know suze orman as the most regarded financial expert in this country to my mind. you might not know that white suze grew up on the black side, the south side of chicago. [applause] in a whole lot of poverty. obviously she has made her way out of that, but she has a unique perspective on the perennialy poor in this country that might, again, not seem plausible at first glance. suze talk to me about what keeps people in poverty. >> what's interesting is this. and i'm going to ta

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, so thank the kellogg foundation for making this possible. there's a particular question submitted from the kellogg website that i wanted to get to tonight. it is a great segue to you, suze. michael just referenced the number of americans who have always been poor. i call them the perennially poor. all too often, children who grow up in poverty tend to stay in poverty. what factors do you really contribute to this lifelong trajectory among american families? that phrase got me -- this lifelong trajectory amongst too many american families? we know suze orman as the most regarded financial expert in this country, to my mind. you might not know that white suze grew up on the black side, the south side of chicago. [applause] in a whole lot of poverty. obviously, she has made her way out of that, but she has a unique perspective on the perennially poor in this country that might -- again, not seem plausible at first glance. talk to me again about what keeps people in poverty. >> what is interesting is this -- and i will take a little different app

, so thank the kellogg foundation for making this possible. there's a particular question submitted from the kellogg website that i wanted to get to tonight. it is a great segue to you, suze. michael just referenced the number of americans who have always been poor. i call them the perennially poor. all too often, children who grow up in poverty tend to stay in poverty. what factors do you really contribute to this lifelong trajectory among american families? that phrase got me -- this lifelong trajectory amongst too many american families? we know suze orman as the most regarded financial expert in this country, to my mind. you might not know that white suze grew up on the black side, the south side of chicago. [applause] in a whole lot of poverty. obviously, she has made her way out of that, but she has a unique perspective on the perennially poor in this country that might -- again, not seem plausible at first glance. talk to me again about what keeps people in poverty. >> what is interesting is this -- and i will take a little different ap

, so thank the kellogg foundation for making this possible. there's a particular question submitted from the kellogg website that i wanted to get to tonight. it is a great segue to you, suze. michael just referenced the number of americanwho have always been poor. i call them the perennially poor. all too often, children whgrow up in poverty tend to stay in poverty. what factors do you really contribute to this lifelong trajectory among american families? that phrase got me -- this lifelong trajectory amongst too many american families? we know suze orman as the most regarded financial eert in this country, to my mind. you might not know that white suze grew up on the black side, the south side of chicago. [applause] in a whole lot of poverty. obviously, she has made her way out of that, but she has a unique perspective on the perennially poor in this country that might -- again, not seem plausible at first glance. talko me again about what keeps people in poverty. >> what is interesting is this -- and i will take a little different approach if