ALL POSTS BY Greg Kaufmann
- January 29, 2014Amy Treptow came to Washington to tell her story of climbing out of poverty. Some elected officials were more interested than others.
- January 22, 2014These organizations are all worth watching as they fight for a fairer economy.
- January 7, 2014A poverty activist asks how we might create the political will to make significant strides in the fight against poverty.
- December 13, 2013After two years of writing about poverty for BillMoyers.com and The Nation magazine, Greg Kaufmann is signing off to go fight on the front lines.
- December 10, 2013The Democratic senator defends proposed $8-to-$9 billion cuts to SNAP, and poverty advocates respond.
- December 6, 2013While President Obama described his vision for an economy defined by mobility, Senator Debbie Stabenow brokered a deal for at least another $8 billion in SNAP cuts.
- November 28, 2013Is Congress pushes austerity, how can we re-declare war on poverty?
- November 19, 2013Struggling parents whose lives are derailed by recent food stamp cuts shared their stories with members of Congress yesterday.
- November 12, 2013A new documentary captures the struggles faced by a Brooklyn public school in an impoverished neighborhood.
- November 4, 2013The latest report from Half in Ten, a nonprofit started in 2007 that aims to cut the number of people living in poverty in the US in half in ten years. Find out how they're doing.