Greg Kaufmann
Greg Kaufmann is a frequent contributor to BillMoyers.com. He is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and editor of TalkPoverty.org. Follow him on Twitter: @GregKaufmann.
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December 20, 2012Ten suggestions to improve education for all American children from The Nation's Greg Kaufmann.
December 17, 2012In a somewhat bizarre op-ed last week on Supplemental Security Income, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof acknowledged, “I’m no expert on domestic poverty,” and then seemingly set out to prove it.
December 11, 2012If Congress doesn’t extend the unemployment insurance program at the end of the year, two million people would be cut off.
December 3, 2012The Nation's Greg Kaufmann writes that a program of fighting homelessness by providing homes costs less then many alternatives and may be more effective.
December 2, 2012The Nation's Greg Kaufmann reports that, as the weather grows colder and the fiscal cliff approaches, Americans living in affordable housing are worried about how the budget negotiations in Congress will affect them.
November 16, 2012The Nation's Greg Kaufmann reports on Cincinnati's janitors, who face low wages and decreasing hours while working for some of the most profitable companies in America.
November 14, 2012The Nation columnist Greg Kaufmann reports on the the fight in Cincinnati to end "poverty wages" for the city's 1,000 janitors.
October 28, 2012Ryan and Romney repeatedly recite the number of people living in poverty or needing food stamps, using the statistics as a bludgeon against Obama’s record. But Bigfoot and Nessie are about as factual as the myths these guys spin.
October 21, 2012In the second presidential debate, one candidate used the word “poverty” without saying anything about poverty; the other didn’t use the word at all but managed to speak a fair amount about it.
October 14, 2012Paul Ryan may not have a plan for reducing poverty, but advocates in his home state have devised a plan to reduce poverty over 50 percent.
