The Huffington Post, February 27, 2016: (Blog) It’s not Polite to Talk About Poverty
“New Mexico is hardly alone in its polite silence about child poverty. One in five American children lives in poverty on any given day, with many more being affected over the course of their childhoods. Our country’s infant mortality is the highest of any western democracy. Babies have a better chance of survival if they are born in Cuba or Bosnia and Herzegovina.”