Trump and Harris Embody a Stark Partisan Divide on Fighting Poverty, Jason DeParle

COMMENT: Kamala Harris largely off-loaded the “joy” onto the speakers and presentations that preceded her, as she presented a steely, anger-tinged, prosecutorial acceptance speech aimed at convincing voters of her Commander-in-Chief credentials. She also avoided talking about poor people. These measures may help her win in November. However, this article reports how many Democratic Party efforts do aim to reduce poverty.

 The two presidential candidates can both point to records of pushing poverty rates down, but their approaches could hardly be more different. The two presidential candidates can both point to records of pushing poverty rateThe presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump presents the sharpest clash in antipoverty policy in at least a generation, and its outcome could shape the economic security of millions of low-income Americans. [behind paywall] (read more) (posted in Poverty)