Tomorrow is Red Nose Day, an annual fundraising campaign organized by public charity Comic Relief Inc. to help alleviate child poverty. In the U.S. alone, one in seven families lives below the federal poverty line of $23,834 a year. For both black and Hispanic families, approximately one-in-four families face poverty. These levels increased in the past 10 years, thanks to the Great Recession. These statistics look dire, and they are. America’s poverty problems are real, and worth the serious attention of policy makers. But on the global level, it’s important to remember that poverty is falling in stunning, unprecedented fashion.

Read More at www.fusion.net