Despite drop in poverty, advocates say much work remains to lift up poor

By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON — While 3.5 million fewer Americans were living in poverty and the median household income grew 5.2 percent in 2015, advocates maintain that there's much more work ahead to help the country's 43.1 million poor in their struggles to obtain affordable housing, feed their families and find well-paying…...