The Poverty Line
October 29, 2013If we truly think it’s important to respect our elders, here’s a simple way to prove it.
October 29, 2013Today, 48 million people -- including 21 million children -- will see their food stamp benefits reduced.
October 24, 2013Since 1996, the number of families with children living in extreme poverty — that is, on $2 a day or less — has gone up nearly 130 percent.
October 24, 2013A perfect example of a private company using the social safety net to increase their bottom line.
October 16, 2013A new study says half of fast food workers are on public assistance programs that spend $243 billion each year on the working poor.
October 16, 2013An interfaith group of approximately 150 clergy leaders, locked out workers and people of faith, marched on Capitol Hill yesterday to urge Congress to end the shutdown.
October 11, 2013Tens of thousands of Americans between the ages of 25 and 64 die every year because they lack health insurance.
October 8, 2013The right-wing echo chamber has vilified food stamp users with a variety of absurd lies and myths. As a result, people will go hungry.
October 7, 2013Lost in the discussion of the government shutdown is the millions of poor Americans -- many of them children -- who are hurt when the federal agencies stop functioning.
October 3, 2013Uncle Sam, indirectly, is the biggest low-wage employer in the country. So what's happening to the people who push mops in federal buildings and sell souvenirs at museums this week?
