Michael Stoll Examines Record Rise in National Poverty Rate

Michael Stoll [4], professor and chair of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, spoke with CBS Evening News [5] regarding U.S. census data being released this week that experts predict will show a record increase in the nation's poverty rate. The anticipated poverty rate increase — from 13.2 percent to 15.0 percent — comes just seven weeks before mid-term elections.

In the below video, Stoll takes a closer look at the record jump, the highest single-year increase since the government began calculating poverty figures in 1959.

UCLA faculty experts advisory: U.S. poverty rate on the rise [6]