One week after giving birth to her second child, a daughter named Kali, Aaliyah Wright told The Associated Press that she did not anticipate having much savings to help her children when they reached adulthood, especially with about $80,000 in student loan debt. Lawmakers from coast to coast are monitoring the experiment, one that proponents say could reshape America’s growing wealth gap in a single generation if instituted on a federal level. In just over a decade, the Baby Bonds idea has moved from a fringe leftist concept to actual policy, with the District of Columbia as the first laboratory. The program would provide children of the city’s poorest families up to $25,000 when they reach adulthood. Coined “Baby Bonds,” the program is designed to narrow the wealth gap. A landmark social program is being pioneered in the nation’s capital. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Show More Show Less 11 of14 Aaliyah Wright, 25, of Washington, hold newborn daughter Kali, as her husband Kainan Wright, 24, of Washington, holds their sleeping son Khaza, 1, during a visit to the children's grandmother in Accokeek, Md., Tuesday, Aug.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Show More Show Lessĩ of14 10 of14 Aaliyah Wright, 25, of Washington, holds their newborn daughter Kali, as her husband Kainan Wright, 24, of Washington, holds their sleeping son Khaza, 1, during a visit to the children's grandmother in Accokeek, Md., Tuesday, Aug. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Show More Show Less 8 of14 Aaliyah Wright, 25, of Washington, holds their newborn daughter Kali, as her husband Kainan Wright, 24, of Washington, holds their son Khaza, 1, during a visit to the children's grandmother in Accokeek, Md., Tuesday, Aug. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Show More Show LessĦ of14 7 of14 Aaliyah Wright, 25, of Washington, nuzzles their newborn daughter Kali, as her husband Kainan Wright, 24, of Washington, holds their son Khaza, 1, during a visit to the children's grandmother in Accokeek, Md., Tuesday, Aug.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Show More Show Less 2 of14 Aaliyah Wright, 25, of Washington, right, holds their son Khaza, 1, as she greets her husband Kainan Wright, 24, of Washington, holding their newborn daughter Kali, during a visit to the children's grandmother in Accokeek, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 1 of14 Aaliyah Wright, 25, of Washington, nuzzles her newborn daughter Kali, as her husband Kainan Wright, 24, of Washington, holds their son Khaza, 1, as he falls asleep, during a visit to the children's grandmother in Accokeek, Md., Tuesday, Aug.