The Poverty Line

Could committing to a contract grow and unify the moment against poverty?

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West hope to pressure the Obama Administration to address poverty with a conference in D.C.

Why haven't low-income Americans been given an opportunity to meet with the president to tell their own stories?

Congress's solution to the "fiscal cliff" is far from perfect, but it does do a lot to help Americans who are living in poverty.

Single mothers in the U.S. work more hours, but are more impoverished than single mothers in other high-income countries.

Ten suggestions to improve education for all American children from The Nation's Greg Kaufmann.

In 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.

If Congress doesn’t extend the unemployment insurance program at the end of the year, two million people would be cut off.

The Nation's Greg Kaufmann writes that a program of fighting homelessness by providing homes costs less then many alternatives and may be more effective.

The 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.