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  1. Peter Edelman
    6 Jun 2012 … Peter Edelman is a distinguished professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he specializes in issues of poverty, welfare, and constitutional law.  Over the course of his career, which spans more than four decades, Edelman has used his Continue reading
  2. Update: Banks Got Nowhere to Run to, Baby
    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,” an update on a story we posted last week.  You can’t really talk about Continue reading
  3. Cheri Honkala
    9 Sep 2012 … Cheri Honkala is is representing the Green Party as a vice presidential candidate in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. A nationally-renowned advocate for the poor and homeless, Honkala was herself born into poverty in Minneapolis. As a single teenage mother, Continue reading
  4. The “Hypocritical Oath”: Medical Schools’ Support for the Status Quo
    11 Nov 2016 … "Always remember the 'social determinants of health'" is a buzz phrase that I have repeatedly heard throughout my time in medical school. But I've rarely heard physicians really ask difficult questions about what leads our patients to become ill. Throughout Continue reading
  5. Landmark. The American Rescue Plan
    3 Mar 2021 … The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan marks a sea change in government. With its expansion of the child tax credit, the bill is projected to reach about 27 million children and to cut child poverty in half. Continue reading
  6. What Congress and the Media are Missing in the Food Stamp Debate FILE - This May 15, 2013 file photo shows stacks of paperwork awaiting members of the House Agriculture Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as it met to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill. The Senate has rejected an amendment By Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
    6 Jun 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. To follow the Congressional debate about food stamp (SNAP) funding in the Farm Continue reading
  7. The Fiscal Cliff and the Janitors Who are Already on It Pictured is a janitor cleaning a restroom next to the congress center's main hall in Davos Switzerland. January 2007. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro della Valle)
    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. “I really want people to understand that we Continue reading
  8. It’s Time to Stop Discarding the Elderly (Photo: Garry Knight/flickr CC 2.0)
    6 Jun 2015 … Elderly Americans frequently find themselves in poverty after retirement. Social Security and 401(k)s aren't enough to provide in a troubled economy. Continue reading
  9. How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy
    6 Jun 2012 … Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith discuss the folly and corruption of both banks and government. Also, Peter Edelman on fighting U.S. poverty. Continue reading
  10. Update: Cleaning Up America’s ‘Dirty Secret’ in the Black Belt Watch 'Making Change: Catherine Coleman Flowers'
    9 Sep 2017 … Catherine Coleman Flowers returned to Alabama and discovered what she calls “America’s dirty secret.” The rural county is still mired in poverty and lacking appropriate infrastructure for the majority of its residents. She took on the dire and dirty problem Continue reading