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  1. Low Wages Are a Moral Crisis in Our Time On September 4, 2014, a protester holding a sign that says "On Strike to Lift My Family Up" was in front of McDonald restaurant near Columbus Circle. In New York City, 21 fast food workers were arrested that day in an organized nationwide strike to demand $15-an-hour and a union. (Photo: Charina Nadura/ Moyers & Company)
    1 Jan 2015 … A key factor in addressing poverty is raising the minimum wage. A just wages allow workers and their families to live in dignity. Continue reading
  2. 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
  3. Before They Were Hashtags
    7 Jul 2016 … This post first appeared at the Talk Poverty blog. I can say this with certainty because I was raised in the “hood” in South Memphis that was home to a CD/DVD man like Alton and cafeteria workers like Philando. These Continue reading
  4. The Media Must Tell the True Story of Struggle in America FILE - A man who did not wish to be identified, who lost his job two months ago after being hurt on the job, works to collect money for his family on a Miami street corner. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)
    1 Jan 2015 … There is a widely-held myth constructed by the right that the people who struggle to make ends meet don’t want to work. But in reality, people are working harder and harder for less and less. Continue reading
  5. California Works to Pass a Homeless Bill of Rights
    5 May 2013 … 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. Last week the California Assembly’s Judiciary Committee passed AB 5, the Homeless Bill Continue reading
  6. America is Ignoring Homeless Families
    4 Apr 2013 … 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. More than one-third of Americans who use shelters annually are parents and their Continue reading
  7. Yes, We Have a Black President, but…
    7 Jul 2013 … The majority of black people remain either saddled with poverty, unemployment and life in America's ghettos, or are living a fragile, insecure middle-class life that may be unavailable to their children. Continue reading
  8. Promises to Coal Country Aside, Trump’s Budget Cuts Will End an Economic Lifeline Chad Trador is a coal miner who has benefited from ARC-funded programs. Trador, who voted for Trump, said Trump's cuts to the ARC were wrongheaded and would hurt many people who are already mired in poverty. (Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
    4 Apr 2017 … Last week, President Trump proposed eliminating 19 federal agencies, including some high-visibility cultural icons like the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. But among the smaller agencies he suggests getting rid of are the economic Continue reading
  9. The Problem with ‘Compassionate Conservatism’
    11 Nov 2013 … Paul Ryan told The Washington Post this week that he wants to be a more compassionate conservative, but there is nothing new in his perspective on poverty. Continue reading
  10. Replacing Faux Opportunity With Real Hope For Struggling Families Job seeker US Air Force veteran Jesse Jefferson, Jr., right, talks to Arianna Alexander, of the Pompano Beach Veterans Center, at a Hiring Fair For Veterans in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
    8 Aug 2014 … Joel Berg, an anti-poverty activist in New York City, proposes an alternative to Ryan's paternalistic plan that he believes will empower families to take charge of their own futures. Continue reading