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  1. Ryan Unsuited to Lead ‘Adult Conversation’ About Poverty
    3 Mar 2014 … A prerequisite for any adult conversation is telling the truth. The congressman falls monumentally short there. Continue reading
  2. Why Art Matters, Even in Poverty
    4 Apr 2016 … In the toy aisle, which is inconveniently next to the bread aisle, I tell my 5-year-old son we are not getting a truck today. I tell him we buy what we need, and not more. I tell him I have Continue reading
  3. Poverty, Incarceration and Criminal Justice Debt
    12 Dec 2014 … The cost of being in prison is not just the loss of your freedom, but also the debt you accumulate behind bars. Continue reading
  4. Pentagon Workers Strike Over Poverty Wages Paid by Federal Contractors pentagon
    1 Jan 2014 … Indirectly, the federal government is the largest low-wage employer. Continue reading
  5. Witnesses to Hunger (and Poverty) on the Hill
    11 Nov 2013 … Struggling parents whose lives are derailed by recent cuts in the social safety net shared their stories with members of Congress yesterday. Continue reading
  6. Deconstructing PISA: Implications for Education Reform and Fighting Poverty
    1 Jan 2014 … This year, three states received PISA scores — as if they were independent countries — which could help policymakers understand what's working and what's not in our education system. Continue reading
  7. What the Media and Congress Are Missing on Zika and Poverty Without access to necessary comprehensive health care and social support services, low-income women and families could be looking at even deeper levels of poverty and poorer health outcomes on the horizon. (Photo by Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images)
    5 May 2016 … Somewhere along the way the focus shifted. What began as coordinating a response to Zika that is rooted in smart public health policy and caring for our fellow citizens became a funding fight on Capitol Hill in which many conservatives Continue reading
  8. Janitors in Minnesota Strike Against Poverty Wages and Trump CTUL workers on strike outside of Home Depot in Northeast Minneapolis on Jan. 20, 2017. (Photo courtesy of CTUL)
    1 Jan 2017 … On Friday, Jan. 20, as Donald Trump was being sworn in as president, workers in Minnesota went on strike. They were cleaning staff at Kimco, an Atlanta-based company with 7,200 employees nationwide, that cleans Home Depot stores. Their strike targeted Continue reading
  9. Morning Reads: 10 Poverty Myths, Busted; Is Impeachment a “Stealth” Issue in ’14? A few hundred marchers take part in a Martin Luther King Day march and rally to the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., Monday, Jan. 15, 2007. The march was part of a daylong educational summit organized by the Statewide Poverty Action Network. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
    3 Mar 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  10. Frontline Communities Confront Legacy of Racism, Poverty and Environmental Destruction BP Oil Spill in 2010
    2 Feb 2015 … On the Gulf Coast, activists are working to unite communities to protect their environments. Continue reading