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  1. Rich Hill: The Rural Poverty-Schools Resource Mismatch A still from the documentary "Rich Hill"
    8 Aug 2014 … A school superintendent in a rural Virginia community writes about the challenges facing teachers and administrators in poor districts. Continue reading
  2. Poverty Is Rising Much Faster in Suburbs Than in Cities
    1 Jan 2015 … Read one struggling suburban mom's efforts to keep her family afloat. Continue reading
  3. Marco Rubio’s “Anti-Poverty” Agenda Would Create Two Americas
    1 Jan 2014 … The presidential hopeful unveiled his new ideas, but it turns out they're not so new after all. Continue reading
  4. On ‘Independent Lens’: ‘Rich Hill’ and a Vanishing American Dream
    8 Aug 2014 … A new documentary, Rich Hill, sheds a light on rural, white poverty. Continue reading
  5. Now Is the Perfect Time to Fight Poverty Wages Fast food workers announce a global protest for a higher minimum wage outside a McDonald's restaurant in Manhattan on May 7, 2014. (BillMoyers.com/Neha Tara Mehta)
    5 May 2014 … We’re at a critical moment in our economic recovery. Continue reading
  6. In Obama’s Budget, Poverty Initiatives Face an Uphill Battle President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, March 1, 2013, following after meeting with congressional leaders regarding the automatic spending cuts. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    4 Apr 2013 … Deborah Weinstein says the best things in the president's budget probably won't became policy, while the not-so-great things probably will. Continue reading
  7. “The New Public” Tackles Poverty and Education
    11 Nov 2013 … A new documentary captures the struggles faced by a Brooklyn public school in an impoverished neighborhood. Continue reading
  8. Stars, Wonks Focus on the Fact That One in Three Americans Lives at or Near Poverty School food service worker Alina Mendoza stands in the kitchen of Scott Elementary School in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
    1 Jan 2014 … A new report aims to raise awareness of the widespread economic insecurity faced by American women and their children. Continue reading
  9. Poverty Is Not Inevitable: What We Can Do Now to Turn Things Around Pearl Street, New York City. "This little girl and this man (I assume homeless) were talking, and they were laughing, smiling, and loving every minute of it," writes photographer Eric Magnuson. "The little girl couldn't care less what the man looked like or what situation he was in. She just saw him as another person."(Photo: Eric Magnuson/Flickr CC 2.0)
    8 Aug 2014 … Having poor people in the richest country in the world is a choice. We have the money to solve this. But do we have the will? Continue reading
  10. The Concentration of Wealth and the Spread of Poverty
    12 Dec 2012 … The amount the richest 1 percent of Americans are earning has 'almost tripled since 1980,' and 'we've wiped out 20 years of increases and wealth for the middle American.' Continue reading