{"id":3557,"date":"2015-10-21T08:01:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T14:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2016-03-23T08:06:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T14:06:06","slug":"back-future-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Back to the Future Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wish I could say that all the advice I have received has been profound and meaningful.\u00a0 But the best advice I received in the late 1980s (indeed, the only advice I can remember from that particular time period) is “hoverboards don’t go on water.”\u00a0 Needless to say, I have yet to find occasion when that little nugget might be useful.\u00a0 But there was a time when my <\/em>hope was built on nothing less than floating over sidewalks, self-lacing sneakers wrapped ’round my feet, while dodging holograms from every sign and marquee.<\/p>\n

Still, not everything in Back to the Future II<\/em> was that far-fetched.\u00a0 We have Google glass, for instance, and video conferencing, and long-deceased rock stars performing concerts as holograms.\u00a0 (Thankfully, $50 Pepsi is still a ways off.)<\/p>\n

Today, movie lovers across the country will celebrate the trilogy that gave us Doc Brown, flux capacitors and the hope for flying cars.\u00a0 Much has changed since Marty McFly first climbed inside a Delorean, but much has remained the same.\u00a0 Here are some quick stats to see how far we’ve come from 1985, when Back to the Future<\/em> was first released, and how far we still have to go as a nation.<\/p>\n

\"Back<\/a><\/p>\n

Poverty rate in the United States<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

1985 \u2014 14%<\/a><\/p>\n

2015 \u2014 14.8%<\/a><\/p>\n

Poverty threshold-family of four in the United States (adjusted to 2015 dollars)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

1985 \u2014 $24,300.91<\/a><\/p>\n

2015 \u2014 $24,250<\/a><\/p>\n

Federal minimum wage (adjusted to 2015 dollars)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

1985 \u2013 $7.41<\/p>\n

2015 \u2013 7.25<\/p>\n

Median household income (adjusted to 2015 dollars):<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

1985 \u2014 $61,332.76<\/a><\/p>\n

2015 \u2013 $53,657<\/a><\/p>\n

Children’s (under age 18) poverty rate in the US:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

1985 \u2014 20.5%<\/a><\/p>\n

2015 \u2014 22%<\/a><\/p>\n

Income inequality<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

1985 \u2013 The poorest 20% of all families received 4.8%<\/strong> of total income. The wealthiest 20% received 43.1%<\/strong> of all income.\u00a0 The top 5% wealthiest Americans received 16.1%<\/strong> of all income<\/p>\n

2015 \u2013 The poorest 20% of all families received 3.6%<\/strong> of total income last year. The wealthiest 20% received 48.9%<\/strong> of all income.\u00a0 The top 5% wealthiest Americans received 20.8%<\/strong> of all income<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

*Inflation-adjusted dollars were calculated online through the Bureau of Labor Statistics COPI Inflation <\/em>Calculator<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

*Statistics for 2015 are drawn from the most up-to-date data available, which in many cases reflects 2014 numbers.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ryan P. Cumming is program director of hunger education for ELCA World Hunger.\u00a0 He can be reached at Ryan.Cumming@ELCA.org.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wish I could say that all the advice I have received has been profound and meaningful.\u00a0 But the best advice I received in the late 1980s (indeed, the only advice I can remember from that particular time period) is “hoverboards don’t go on water.”\u00a0 Needless to say, I have yet to find occasion when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[69,15714,76],"class_list":["post-3557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post","tag-elca-world-hunger","tag-inequality","tag-poverty"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIt's Back to the Future Day! - ELCA World Hunger<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Happy "Back to the Future" Day! As movie lovers around the US get re-acquainted with Doc and Marty, let's take a look back at how far we've come in tackling hunger and poverty since the time of jigawatts, paradoxes and national threats named "Biff."\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It's Back to the Future Day! - ELCA World Hunger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Happy "Back to the Future" Day! As movie lovers around the US get re-acquainted with Doc and Marty, let's take a look back at how far we've come in tackling hunger and poverty since the time of jigawatts, paradoxes and national threats named "Biff."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ELCA World Hunger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-21T14:01:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-23T14:06:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/03\/Capture-300x220.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ryan P. Cumming\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ryan P. Cumming\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ryan P. Cumming\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a1e569d61a3a384a2979832f780c5884\"},\"headline\":\"It’s Back to the Future Day!\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-21T14:01:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-23T14:06:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":351,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/Capture-300x220.png\",\"keywords\":[\"ELCA World Hunger\",\"inequality\",\"poverty\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Post\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/\",\"name\":\"It's Back to the Future Day! - ELCA World Hunger\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/Capture-300x220.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-21T14:01:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-23T14:06:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a1e569d61a3a384a2979832f780c5884\"},\"description\":\"Happy \\\"Back to the Future\\\" Day! As movie lovers around the US get re-acquainted with Doc and Marty, let's take a look back at how far we've come in tackling hunger and poverty since the time of jigawatts, paradoxes and national threats named \\\"Biff.\\\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/Capture-300x220.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/Capture-300x220.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/back-future-day\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"It’s Back to the Future Day!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/\",\"name\":\"ELCA World Hunger\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a1e569d61a3a384a2979832f780c5884\",\"name\":\"Ryan P. Cumming\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dfede7d47159658fcd7f73fb3975626cfca77da729e1776a4db6fdd7e98a619?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dfede7d47159658fcd7f73fb3975626cfca77da729e1776a4db6fdd7e98a619?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dfede7d47159658fcd7f73fb3975626cfca77da729e1776a4db6fdd7e98a619?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ryan P. Cumming\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/author\\\/ryancumming\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"It's Back to the Future Day! - ELCA World Hunger","description":"Happy \"Back to the Future\" Day! As movie lovers around the US get re-acquainted with Doc and Marty, let's take a look back at how far we've come in tackling hunger and poverty since the time of jigawatts, paradoxes and national threats named \"Biff.\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"It's Back to the Future Day! - ELCA World Hunger","og_description":"Happy \"Back to the Future\" Day! As movie lovers around the US get re-acquainted with Doc and Marty, let's take a look back at how far we've come in tackling hunger and poverty since the time of jigawatts, paradoxes and national threats named \"Biff.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/","og_site_name":"ELCA World Hunger","article_published_time":"2015-10-21T14:01:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-03-23T14:06:06+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/03\/Capture-300x220.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Ryan P. Cumming","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ryan P. Cumming","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/"},"author":{"name":"Ryan P. Cumming","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/a1e569d61a3a384a2979832f780c5884"},"headline":"It’s Back to the Future Day!","datePublished":"2015-10-21T14:01:48+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-23T14:06:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/"},"wordCount":351,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/03\/Capture-300x220.png","keywords":["ELCA World Hunger","inequality","poverty"],"articleSection":["Post"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/","name":"It's Back to the Future Day! - ELCA World Hunger","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/03\/Capture-300x220.png","datePublished":"2015-10-21T14:01:48+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-23T14:06:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/a1e569d61a3a384a2979832f780c5884"},"description":"Happy \"Back to the Future\" Day! As movie lovers around the US get re-acquainted with Doc and Marty, let's take a look back at how far we've come in tackling hunger and poverty since the time of jigawatts, paradoxes and national threats named \"Biff.\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/03\/Capture-300x220.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2016\/03\/Capture-300x220.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/back-future-day\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It’s Back to the Future Day!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/","name":"ELCA World Hunger","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/a1e569d61a3a384a2979832f780c5884","name":"Ryan P. Cumming","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dfede7d47159658fcd7f73fb3975626cfca77da729e1776a4db6fdd7e98a619?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dfede7d47159658fcd7f73fb3975626cfca77da729e1776a4db6fdd7e98a619?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dfede7d47159658fcd7f73fb3975626cfca77da729e1776a4db6fdd7e98a619?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ryan P. Cumming"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/author\/ryancumming\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3557"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3560,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557\/revisions\/3560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}