On day one of Addressing America's Poverty Crisis, Hamilton Project Director Melissa S. Kearney delivered framing remarks on recent trends of poverty in the United States, and why fighting poverty needs to be a national policy priority. Kearney also presented the release of The Hamilton Project's new volume, Policies to Address Poverty in America, which combines 14 proposals confronting specific issues related to poverty in America. Read the related proposals: http://bit.ly/1oxz1uM See related event materials: http://bit.ly/1gx24v3