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  1. A New Documentary Celebrates the Life and Work of Dolores Huerta United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta organizing marchers on the second day of March Coachella in Coachella, California in 1969. (© 1976 George Ballis)
    10 Oct 2017 … Dolores, the new documentary directed by Peter Bratt in theaters this month celebrates the force that is Dolores Huerta, the labor organizer and political activist who worked tirelessly on behalf of some of the most poverty stricken workers in the Continue reading
  2. The No-Win Decisions of Child Care
    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 by guest author Carol Burnett. In a recent article in The New Republic, “The Hell of American Continue reading
  3. States Move to Roll Back City Minimum-Wage Raises Caption:MIAMI, FL - NOVEMBER 10: People protest together asking for a higher minimum wage on a National Day of Action on November 10, 2015 in Miami, Florida. The protesters are demanding action from state legislators and presidential candidates to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
    2 Feb 2016 … Last August, after a campaign led by a coalition of labor advocates and neighborhood organizations, Birmingham became the first city in the Deep South to raise its minimum wage. The increase was relatively modest — it sought to raise the Continue reading
  4. Inside Atlantic City’s Boom and Bust New casinos in neighboring states have drawn many visitors away from Atlantic City, New Jersey, and in 2014 some 8,000 people were laid off when four of the city's major casinos closed. The closures brought Atlantic City's unemployment rate to more than 11 percent, double the national average. The mass unemployment produced the highest foreclosure rate of any metropolitan US area, with 1 out of 113 homes in foreclosure in Atlantic County in 2015. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2016 … We're marking the end of summer by sharing a series our colleagues at PBS have done on an iconic summertime town: Atlantic City, New Jersey. As part of "Chasing the Dream," a public media initiative covering poverty and opportunity in America, NJTV took Continue reading
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. How Disabled Americans Are Protesting Against the GOP’s Health Care Plan Police remove protesters from in front of the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) inside the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC on June 22, 2017. Members of a group with disabilities were protesting the proposed GOP health care plan. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2017 … Americans with disabilities are fearful that the proposed cuts to Medicaid will force them into institutions, lead them to poverty, make them sick and worse. Continue reading
  10. Talking Back to Hate Speech, Explained. Students hold sign reading "with liberty, justice and respect for all."
    12 Dec 2016 … The outbreak of racist, sexist and xenophobic harassment across the US is alarming. People have reported almost 900 instances of hate speech since Nov. 8, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Many are on high alert, wondering how they Continue reading