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700,000 on healthcare waiting lists, 500,000 homes without broadband, over 11,000 people homeless – a result of Government policy failing to tackle causes - Social Justice Ireland publishes National Social Monitor Winter 2018.

In order to improve the wellbeing of everyone in society, at all stages of the life cycle, it is vital that our policies address the causes of problems rather than their symptoms only. It is through this lens that Social Justice Ireland examines the ten policy areas in the National Social Monitor.

The Government has failed to respond adequately to our nation’s housing crisis. There are almost 87,000 households on social housing waiting lists - over half of whom are families - and 10,000 homeless, of whom 3,600 are children. This is a national emergency.before the welfare state, drug epidemic, and explosion of single-mother households in the 1960s, the percentage of blacks in poverty dropped like a rock.

Yes, blacks were moving out of poverty at a faster rate during the 1950s and early 1960s than any other time in American history.

It also doesn't explain why black immigrants are outpacing native-born blacks in education, marriage, and income.

While publications like Vox will always point to race as a culprit and big government as a solution, maybe the question of why American-born blacks are doing poorly isn't so easy to answer.

Perhaps the answer doesn't come completely in the form of Bernie Sanders-style federal spending, but instead comes with family values, school choice, and a jobs program that puts poor Americans first.