Resources
Books
   
Freeman, Richard B.  The New Inequality: Creating Solutions for Poor America.  Boston, MA:  Beacon, 1999.
Richard B. Freeman, the Ascherman Chair of Economics at Harvard University, promotes action rather than analysis of economic short fallings.  He offers solutions to poverty in a five-step approach, which include raising the income of the working class, reinvesting money in cities, and reenergizing democratic institutions through community involvement and support.
   
Harrington, Michael.  The Other America:  Poverty in the United States.  New York, NY:  Touchstone, 1997.
Michael Harrington, an author of numerous books on socialism, critiques governmental anti-poverty problems and declares his socialist belief that there are social and economic problems in which everyone should work together to reform.  Harrington also discusses three types of poverties, which include the intellectual, bohemian poor, the alcoholic drifters, and the rural poor in the urban slums, which is most predominant in areas such as Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Detroit.  
   
Lewis, William W.   The Power of Productivity:  Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability.  Chicago, IL:    Chicago, 2004.         
William W. Lewis, the Founding Director of the McKinsey Global Institute and former partner at McKinsey & Company looks at the economies of rich and middle-income countries such as the United States, Japan, Korea, as well as poor countries such as Brazil, Russia, and India.  Lewis reveals that economic policies have kept the rich countries rich and the poor countries poor.  Such economic differences will ultimately have a negative impact on all nations and will play a part in international economic instability.  
   
Rank, Mark Robert.  One Nation, Underprivileged:  Why Poverty Affects Us All.  New York, NY:  Oxford, 2004.
    
Mark Robert Rank, a professor of Social Welfare in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis asserts that despite the wealth of the United States, an economic system has been created that ensures that a large portion of Americans will live in poverty.  Rank also discusses that poverty is largely based off of political policies and the economic structure, rather than the individual's inadequacies or failures.
   
Web-Based Periodicals
 
Buehrle, Sarah.  "Cincinnati Educators Discuss Effects of Poverty in Schools."  The Cincinnati Enquirer 13 April 2002.  <http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/04/13/loc_cincinnati_educators.html>
Sarah Buehrle, an Enquirer contributor, reveals the opinions of various educators throughout several different schools.  Educators mentioned include Ruby K. Payne, the author of A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Cathy Hamilton, director of Ohio Principal's Center, Gary Tyler, Princeton School District's Sharonville Elementary principal, and Carole Cutter-Hawkins, a Losantiville principal.  Educators discuss the effects of poverty on student learning.  Educators also discuss academic and personality attributes of students who live in poverty.
 
"Cleveland Rates as Big City with Highest Poverty Rate."  The Associated Press (Ohio) 27 Aug. 2004.                <http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/local/9513607.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp>
An unnoted reporter from the Associated Press discusses the poverty rates of cities throughout big cities in Ohio, with an emphasis on Cleveland.  The reporter also mentions the unemployment and poverty rates of Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo.
    
Long, Paul A.  "Census:  170,000 Ohio Jobs Lost."  The Cincinnati Post  27 Aug. 2004.  <http://www.cincypost.com/2004/08/27/cens082704.html>
Paul A. Long, a reporter for the Cincinnati Post discusses the 2004 data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, which states that over 170,000 jobs in Ohio have been lost since the middle of 2000.  Data about the unemployment rate in Cincinnati is discussed, which highlights numbers from all of Hamilton County.
   
Hard Copy Periodicals
   
Crossette, Barbara.  "Fighting World Poverty:  Count the U.S. Out."  Humanist 64.5 (2004): 6-8.
The United States supports the United Nation's effort to fight poverty in poor countries.  However, it is hypothesized that reducing poverty requires cutting population growth within poor countries.  Despite their affiliation with the United Nations, the United States is depriving the UN from their latest budget request, which is affecting poverty-stricken families worldwide.
   
Hill, Martha S.  "The Changing Nature of Poverty."  The Annals 479.1  (1985): 31-47.
Dr. Martha S. Hill, an associate research scientist at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, discusses the turnover of the poverty population which disproves theories which emphasize recurrent poverty which was believed to be passed from generation to generation.  Poverty prevention is believed to come from both economic growth and government transfers.  Poverty in female-headed households is also discussed.
  
Websites
  
"About Cincinnati."  2004.  Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.  11 Nov. 2004 <http://www.gccc.com/about_cincinnati/>
The Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce offers a brief description of Cincinnati and the tri-state area.  It also offers links to several websites that contain information about Cincinnati, Ohio and various pictures around the city.  In addition, the website offers an excellent image of Cincinnati at nighttime from the Ohio River.
 
"Cost of Living Index."  2002.  Cass Recruitment Media/Cass Communications Inc.  6 Dec. 2004.  <http://nd.placementmanual.com/workplace/>
The Career and Job Search Guide by Cass Recruitment Media and Cass Communications offers a Cost of Living Index for a selection of cities throughout the United States.  It offers cities from all fifty states, including Ohio.  The cities that are offered in the state of Ohio include Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton.  It also offers a salary comparison equation to use to calculate the salary equivalence between cities.
 
"Cincinnati, Ohio."  2004.  Wikipedia.  6 Dec. 2004.  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio>
Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia offers information about Cincinnati's history, politics, geography, demographics, transportation, and culture.  The website offers brief descriptions, but includes important details that are relevant to the city.  This website also offers an image of Cincinnati viewed from the southwest across the Ohio River.
 
"Economic Development Cincinnati USA Partnership."  2004.  Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.  11 Nov. 2004.  <http://www.gccc.com/about_chamber/depts/econ.asp>
The Cincinnati USA Partnership is designed to grow Cincinnati's economy by developing resources within the community.  The Cincinnati USA partnership is supported by the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, and is funded by a five-year campaign with investments from area businesses and organizations.  This website offers a brief description of the Economic Development of the USA Partnership, as well as the levels of investment within the partnership itself.
 
"Income Stable, Poverty Up, Numbers of Americans With and Without Health Insurance Rise, Census Bureau Reports."  2004.  U.S. Census Bureau.  6 Dec. 2004.  <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/002484.html>
The United States Census Bureau discusses household incomes between the years 2002 and 2003.  Between 2002 and 2003, houshold incomes have changed significantly.  Income in regards to race, origin, regions, and nativity is also discussed.  This website is useful because it draws correlations between race, region, and average income in regards to poverty.
 
"Introduction:  The Pathway to Prosperity."  2002.  Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation.  18 Oct. 2004.  <http://www.empowercincy.org/introduction.pdf>.
Despite the prosperity of Cincinnati's metropolitan region, Cincinnati has the twelfth highest rate of poverty in the United States.  The Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation discusses a plan in which to alleviate the economic hardships of the area through their strategies for change.  Because of sub-standard conditions, the Cincinnati community has asked all residents to play a greater role in matters of local government in an effort to fix the economic problems within the community.
 
"Outsourcing Definition."  2004.  Commerce-Database.  6 Dec. 2004.  <http://www.commerce-database.com/outsourcinghtm>
Commerce Database gives an extremely short definition of outsourcing.  This definition would be useful if you intend to briefly clarify the definition within an essay or paper.
 
"Overview:  Understanding Poverty."  2004.  World Bank Group.  16 Dec. 2004.  <http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/0,,menuPK:336998~pagePK:149018~piPK:149
093~theSitePK:336992,00.html>
The World Bank group has an excellent website that would be appropriate for all ages.  The website gives an overview of poverty that demonstrates the many faces of poverty.  It also mentions poems and personal accounts of poverty, as well as what helps to reduce poverty. 
 
"Population by State."  2004.  Infoplease.  6 Dec. 2004.  <http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004986/html>
Infoplease offers population by state in 2000 and July 2003.  It also offers population rank, percent change between 2000 and 2003, and the percent change between 1999-2000.  This website has very little text aside from the populations in the form of a spreadsheet.
 
"Poverty:  How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty."  2004.  U.S. Census Bureau.  11 Nov. 2004.  <http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/povdef.html>
The United States Census Bureau offers information regarding how poverty is calculated, and the measure of need within poverty thresholds.  The website also offers how to compute poverty levels, and demonstrates examples of families who would be considered within the poverty threshold.  This is an excellent website on poverty facts and figures.