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  1. William Julius Wilson: Solving Black Inner-City Poverty William Julius Wilson
    10 Oct 1988 … The author and sociologist discusses how most inner-city blacks stay poor not because they are black, but because they live in the wasteland of the inner city. Continue reading
  2. Women and Poverty: Labor Issues in Thailand, Education in Senegal, and Dr. Vandana Shiva on Globalization Factory workers in Thailand
    9 Sep 2003 … A special report examining how global corporations may be riding high by shortchanging the world's women. After two decades of the unprecedented opening of world markets, some women have been beneficiaries of globalization — but many more are its losers. Continue reading
  3. Sister Simone Defends the Safety Net
    8 Aug 2013 … At a hearing called by Paul Ryan to examine the War on Poverty, the activist and nun explained that government programs help millions every year. Continue reading
  4. Janitors in the Queen City Rally participants hold flags on the waterfront in the East Boston neighborhood in advance of a possible strike. The rally was organized by the Service Employees International Union that represents 14,000 New England janitors. September 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
    11 Nov 2012 … We’re proud to collaborate with The Nation in sharing insightful journalism related to income inequality in America. The following is an excerpt from Nation contributor Greg Kaufmann’s “This Week in Poverty” column. “Cincinnatians aren’t poor because they’re not working. They’re Continue reading
  5. The War on the Poor Is Already Underway President-elect Donald Trump meets with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) at the US Capitol. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
    12 Dec 2016 … It was just a little over two months ago that the Census Bureau reported the very good news that real median household incomes had increased by 5.2 percent from 2014 to 2015, and that the poverty rate had fallen by Continue reading
  6. Protect and Expand Workers’ Ability to Bargain
    1 Jan 2015 … Campaigns such as San Francisco's Retail Workers Bill of Rights have the potential to set workers up for more transformational fights, making bolder demands that confront corporate power and fight poverty and inequality. Continue reading
  7. Global Hunger "As we were leaving Minembwe the entire school from a neighbouring village some 15km arrived to pick up cement. WarChild Canada is supporting a community school rehabilitation and the children were part of the community participation." (Photo: Julien Harneis/flickr CC 2.0)
    4 Apr 2008 … This episode begins with a report on the situation in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo, where an estimated 45,000 people die every month of hunger and disease. Then, Bill Moyers interviews David Beckmann, president of Bread for the Continue reading
  8. Over Half of Public School Students Are From Low Income Families Clark Elementary School kindergartner Nora Henschel checks out at the end of the lunch line on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at her school in Paducah. The Southern Education Foundation found that 55 percent of Kentucky public school students qualify for free and reduced lunch. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, John Paul Henry)
    1 Jan 2015 … For the first time in at least 50 years, low income students are now a majority of the schoolchildren attending the nation’s public schools. Continue reading
  9. A New Poor People’s Movement Must Have Leadership From Poor People Homeless camp, Oregon
    5 May 2014 … It is absurd to believe that any attempt to finally end hunger or poverty in the US can succeed without the significant involvement and leadership of low-income Americans. Continue reading
  10. Rethinking Our Minimum Wage In this Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 photo, Kassandra Guzman of the Corona section of the Queens borough of New York, poses at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. Guzman, an 18-year-old high school student, works seven days a week and said she still has trouble saving for college after helping her parents pay their bills. As with other low-wage earners, the proposed hike in New York's minimum wage won't erase all her financial worries, but it would help. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
    2 Feb 2013 … Today, a single parent earning minimum wage takes home $15,080 a year. That’s $3,400 below the federal poverty line for a family of three. President Obama noted the statistic in his State of the Union Address — “That’s wrong,” he Continue reading