The Poverty Line

Last week, three Oregonians living on the margins testified before Congress about how economic policies are hurting the middle class.

The Nation's Greg Kaufmann says Senate Democrats' commitment to economically-vulnerable Americans "is about as thin as Republican cut proposals are deep."

Greg Kaufmann speaks with labor union organizer Stephen Lerner about the intersection between poverty and Wall Street accountability.

Activists on the front lines of the fight against poverty tell you what needs to be done and how you can help.

The number of homeless families has increased by more than 13 percent since 2007.

The New Yorker maps average incomes around every subway stop in New York City. It's quite a ride.

Deborah Weinstein says the best things in the president's budget probably won't became policy, while the not-so-great things probably will.

The high-tech mecca is a stark example of a nationwide trend.

In 1967, the civil rights leader spoke of a society in which the chasm between rich and poor is tragically wide and deep. Sound familar?

Because of sequestration, a bleak housing and homelessness situation is about to get a lot worse.