Suburban Poverty in Atlanta: A Conversation with Rebecca Burns

When many of us think of Cobb County, we think of the quintessential suburb: a place where middle-class families can find affordable housing and a good education for their children.

But between the years 2000 and 2010, Cobb County’s poverty rate doubled. And as Rebecca Burns writes in a recent article in Politico, the problems in Cobb are indicative of those in counties throughout Atlanta, and in other American cities, as well.