Specials - The Other Side of the Mass Miracle

DateFebruary 22 1988

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AbstractSpecials: The Other Side of the Massachusetts Miracle; 33 million Americans live in poverty; Peggy Pierce, $7,680 annual income with 4 children is one of them and this is a report about her life in Framingham, Massachusetts; Cliff and Florence Taylor, $16,500 annual income with 3 children in Dorchester, Massachusetts; Mathew and Sherry Cantoni, $17,000 annual income with 2 children in North Adams, Massachusetts; Mike Barnicle listens to these families talk about how they manage day to day with their financial worries, the impact of those relentless worries, and the broader effects in these households; black screen breaks;

OtherIn the studio Kathy Bickimer, Jeff Brawer, Judith Guild, Ellen Boyce, Jim Fripp, Curtis Poole, Gloria Ortiz, Lisa Borge, Doug DeVitt, Howie Rouse, John Rosenfeld, Nina Hasin, Leroy McLaurin, Gerri Powers, Leona McCarthy, Musictech, Judith Stoia, Paul LaCamera;