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In the 50 years since Michael Harrington's The Other America awakened the nation to the truth and consequences of grinding poverty, no American problem has been more intractable.

Now, ten Presidents, 25 Congresses and billions of dollars later, even more Americans -- including one in five children -- are living in poverty. More than 40 percent of working class Americans are just one paycheck from poverty and the new lower, middle class is more vulnerable than ever before.

Atlanta is no exception. While the city successfully turned some of its housing projects into appealing mixed-income residential developments, its overall attack on poverty has faltered. In 2009, the city was forced to return $24 million federal anti-poverty funds it failed to spend. What can Atlanta teach and what can it learn in the national dialogue on poverty? What's working, what's not and what needs to be done to achieve economic and social equity in America.