Peter Edelman's new book is So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America, and he brings great credentials an passion to the concern. As an aide to Senator Robert Kennedy, having servied in Washington in various posts, including the one he resigned from during the Clinton administration in protest of the "welfare reform" that Clinton signed, he knows the nuts & bolts as well as the mechanics of government. Also written by Peter Edelman: Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men - with Harry Holzer & Paul Offner Searching for America's Heart: RFK and the Renewal of Hope Adolescence and Poverty - co-edited with Joyce Ladner Featured Music Hallelujah I'm a Bum - Pete Seeger