>Many - if not most - of the residents of inner city slum areas were raised by single mothers who had them very young without the means to support them. They tu

>Many - if not most - of the residents of inner city slum areas were raised by single mothers who had them very young without the means to support them. They turned to drugs and gangs. They never graduated high school. In short, they never had a chance. Do you have some actual peer reviewed studies on poverty that argue this or is your view into this issue based entirely on David Brooks columns?