The media coverage during the Vietnam War gained popularity since more than half of the Americans have television. It became more engaging to see news in front of the audience's eyes than to read the newspapers. The evening news was more of the war than any other tv shows.
The negative effect of it was more people were ready to accept the news presented to them and loose understanding of the facts on their own.
Tejanos and texicans both took part in the revolt<span>janos and Texicans both took part in the revolt, then declaration of independence of Texas from Mexico, the only difference being whether they had Spanish Mexico roots or European or American roots. For that matter, both groups also included members of the "Tories," settlers who opposed the idea of breaking from Mexico. Some of the more onerous officials of the Mexican government were "Anglo" settlers. </span>
It increased the purchasing power of rich Americans.
The best answer is "<span>been steadily increasing" - since 2000, the financial crisis has taken its tool and more and more people are living in poverty. A big part of the phenomenon are poor neighbourhoods - the number of people living in poor neighbourhoods has increased by around 5 million people since 200. </span>