The Poverty Line
September 13, 2012The number of people living in poverty is the highest the Census Bureau has ever recorded, but when will rhetoric give way to results?
September 10, 2012The Nation's Greg Kaufmann blogs about recent developments impacting poverty in America.
September 7, 2012The recession continues to hurt many families across the country with record-high levels of food insecurity.- July 18, 2012This new chart from Demos provides a snapshot of the state of poverty in America today.
June 22, 2012Writers at The American Prospect are taking on U.S. poverty. Read our Q&A with editor-in-chief Kit Rachlis.
May 17, 2012Barbara Ehrenreich says government and corporations use the poor as piggy banks.
April 2, 2012How many hours do people making minimum wage need to work to afford their rent?
March 22, 2012House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan seems to be playing Robin Hood in reverse.
March 16, 2012Author Barbara Ehrenreich says poverty's not a cultural aberration -- it's simply a shortage of money.
March 14, 2012Frances Fox Piven explains why we shouldn't blame poverty on the poor, and how she was targeted by the right.
