A third of households headed by single mothers are in poverty. A new report by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation argues that promoting marriage is America’s greatest weapon against poverty. We discuss the report, the link between single-parent households and poverty and what can be done about it.
- More: Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty – A study from the Heritage Foundation
- More: More on the study from NPR
- More: 20 Years Later, It Turns Out Dan Quayle Was Right – Op-ed by Isabel Sawhill referenced during show
- More: Marriage is Not an Antidote to Poverty – Stephanie Coontz’s op-ed at cnn.com