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  1. A Journalist Signs Off to Go Fight Poverty
    12 Dec 2013 … After two years of writing about poverty for BillMoyers.com and The Nation magazine, Greg Kaufmann is signing off to go fight on the front lines. Continue reading
  2. This Week in Poverty: An Antipoverty Contract for 2013? Students line up to be served lunch at the Thatcher Brook Elementary School in Waterbury, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
    1 Jan 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. This past year I’ve had the opportunity to cover the antipoverty movement — Continue reading
  3. Anti-Poverty Leaders Discuss Need for Shared Agenda
    11 Nov 2013 … Is Congress pushes austerity, how can we re-declare war on poverty? Continue reading
  4. The Antipoverty President of My Dreams Hillary Clinton addresses a campaign rally, October 24, 2016 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
    10 Oct 2016 … In my dream, the next president is an antipoverty president because she knows in her bones that the way we think about poverty in America is wrong, the way we treat people in poverty is wrong, and therefore what we Continue reading
  5. It’s Time to Take On Concentrated Poverty and Education Students
    2 Feb 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. Researchers know a lot about how various factors associated with income level affect Continue reading
  6. Generational Poverty Is the Exception, Not the Rule
    6 Jun 2014 … Poverty in the US is, in fact, a much larger problem than we think it is, and it’s one that most Americans will face. Continue reading
  7. What’s the Matter With Kansas? Nothing a Renewed War on Poverty Can’t Fix n this Jan. 23, 2014 file photo Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, left, leans in to listen to Xen Hesse as the two each lunch at Roesland Elementary School in Roeland Park, Kan. On Friday, March 7, 2014, the Kansas Supreme Court said the state's current public school funding levels are unconstitutional. The case has broader implications beyond the classroom: Kansas enacted sweeping cuts to income taxes championed by Brownback that have reduced the amount of available resources to comply with a court order. (AP Photo/John Milburn, File)
    7 Jul 2014 … It's time for an anti-poverty contract that addresses minimum wages, paid sick leave, childcare, ending child hunger and ensuring that no one willing to work becomes destitute. Continue reading
  8. House Rep. Mark Pocan on Poverty and What It’s Like to Share a County with Paul Ryan US Congressman Mark Pocan, D-WI, speaks during a news conference with activists opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 9, 2014. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
    6 Jun 2016 … Earlier this month, I traveled to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s district in Wisconsin to talk to his constituents about their economic struggles and ideas for solutions. This district has been hit particularly hard by the shipping of middle class jobs Continue reading
  9. 12 Days, 12 Ways to Fight Poverty in America A few hundred marchers take part in a Martin Luther King Day march and rally to the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., Monday, Jan. 15, 2007. The march was part of a daylong educational summit organized by the Statewide Poverty Action Network. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
    1 Jan 2015 … Every day, visit BillMoyers.com to discover a new action you can take to help turn the tide in the fight against poverty. Continue reading
  10. A Historic Opportunity to Talk Poverty In this March 29, 2013 photo, women walk past blighted row houses in Baltimore. Baltimore is far from the worst American city for poverty, but it faces all the problems of cities where vast numbers of the poor now live. The U.S. Census Bureau puts the number of Americans in poverty at levels not seen since the mid-1960s, while $85 billion in federal government spending cuts that began last month are expected to begin squeezing services for the poor nationwide. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
    6 Jun 2014 … Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress makes a case for talking about poverty by recounting how her mother raised her family through tough times. Continue reading