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  1. Measuring Income Inequality Along the NYC Subway
    4 Apr 2013 … Last week, we took a look at the growing inequality in Silicon Valley with five charts that show the hollowing out of the middle class and growing poverty rates in that region. And today, we came across this smart chart Continue reading
  2. A Day in the Life: America’s Hungry Children
    1 Jan 2015 … To show the reality of hunger, mothers photograph their daily experiences living in poverty. Continue reading
  3. Replay Our Live Chat with Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco
    7 Jul 2012 … Join the journalist and graphic artist today at 2pm est for a live chat about journalism, art, and poverty. Submit your questions now. Continue reading
  4. More Welfare for Wall Street: One in Three Bank Tellers Need Public Assistance
    12 Dec 2013 … New study finds that we're subsidizing banks' profits by keeping their low-wage workforce out of poverty. Continue reading
  5. How Activists Helped Turn the Tide on Childhood Obesity
    12 Dec 2012 … Childhood obesity has long been considered one of the nation’s most intractable problems, complicated by issues like race, poverty and a culture that to many seems more concerned with corporate profits than children’s health. About 17 percent of American children Continue reading
  6. Inequality in Silicon Valley, in Five Charts
    4 Apr 2013 … In recent years, the economy of California’s Silicon Valley has skyrocketed. But as high-tech companies like Google, Facebook and Apple mint millionaires by the dozen, the middle class is hollowing out and poverty rates are growing. Here are five charts Continue reading
  7. Poets Lorna Dee Cervantes & Shirley Geok-lin Lim Lorna Dee Cervantes won the American Book Award for her first book of poems. Still from 'Sounds of Poetry'
    10 Oct 1999 … Born to poverty in two different parts of the world, Lorna Dee Cervantes and Shirley Geok-lin Lim embraced poetry early on. In this episode of Sounds of Poetry, they tell Bill how poetry saved them. Continue reading
  8. Pope Francis Calls Unfettered Capitalism ‘Tyranny’
    11 Nov 2013 … Reflecting the reality of our times, the pope has released his first major work, urging global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality. Continue reading
  9. Proposed TTIP Agreement is Profoundly Undemocratic TTIP
    3 Mar 2015 … The head of a London-based anti-poverty group discusses how the TTIP, a proposed trade deal mostly being negotiated in secret between the EU and US, could impact jobs, food safety and more. Continue reading
  10. ‘Two American Families’ Sneak Preview and Panel
    6 Jun 2013 … Watch a sneak preview of the upcoming Frontline "Two American Families" and a panel discussion about hard-working families living on the edge of poverty. Continue reading