Among the big themes of this year’s presidential campaign is the growing gap between America’s rich and its poor. The issue has provided fuel to Democrat Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.
And it’s a theme that increasingly defines the city of Boston, with its booming innovation economy — and its growing number of people struggling at the bottom of the economic ladder.
A visit to Fan Pier on the waterfront in the heart of South Boston’s Innovation District provides a view of the city’s economic boom.
Image: The gap between the rich and the poor is a theme that increasingly defines the city of Boston, with its booming innovation economy -- and its growing number of people struggling at the bottom of the economic ladder. Here's construction in the heart of South Boston’s Innovation District in March. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
