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  1. The True Experts on Poverty
    8 Aug 2013 … Paul Ryan declined to invite struggling mother Tianna Gaines-Turner to speak before his poverty hearing, but here's what she would have said. Continue reading
  2. It’s Time for ‘Poverty in the Trenches’ Hearings
    7 Jul 2013 … We need a series of hearings for politicians to listen to those living in poverty, writes Greg Kaufmann. Continue reading
  3. Still Waging a War on Poverty A street vendor sells fruit in Los Angeles. September 2010. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    6 Jun 2012 … Writers at The American Prospect are taking on U.S. poverty. Read our Q&A with editor-in-chief Kit Rachlis. Continue reading
  4. New Census Data Show Historic Gains on Poverty. Here’s How to Keep the Momentum Going. Brooklyn residents receive free food as part of a Bowery Mission outreach program on December 5, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2016 … On Sept. 13 the Census Bureau released new data showing that Americans made historic gains in income, poverty reduction and health insurance. Wonks everywhere predicted good news — but what we saw in the data went well beyond our expectations. Continue reading
  5. New Research Documents Growth of Extreme Poverty in US President Clinton signing the "welfare-to-work" act in 1996.
    9 Sep 2015 … A new book out this week traces a disturbing rise in extreme poverty to the 1996 welfare law, which has gradually but inexorably gutted the cash assistance safety net for families with children. Continue reading
  6. Smiley Calls for White House Conference on U.S. Poverty Tavis Smiley (left) and Cornel West (center) visit the DC Central Kitchen on August 10, 2011. (Flickr/DC Central Kitchen via The Nation)
    1 Jan 2013 … Tavis Smiley and Cornel West hope to pressure the Obama Administration to address poverty with a conference in D.C. Continue reading
  7. The Reality of Surviving Exhausting, Desperation-Inducing Poverty
    5 May 2015 … It's possible to break down the walls of poverty, but it takes outside influences, support networks, awareness of other opportunities and access to resources. Continue reading
  8. We Can Reduce Child Poverty by 60 Percent Right Now Little girl living in poverty
    1 Jan 2015 … It is way past time for a critical mass of Americans to confront the hypocrisy of America’s pretension to be a fair playing field while almost 15 million children languish in poverty. Continue reading
  9. This Week in Poverty: Kristof’s Swing and Miss Chrissy Fairbanks poses with her daughters Angela, 11, and Alexus, 12, at their home, in Keene, N.H. Legally blind since she was 9, Chrissy Fairbanks just got word she'€™s losing the $363 state welfare check she gets each month from the state because New Hampshire is counting Supplemental Security Income for the disabled in calculating their welfare grant. February 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
    12 Dec 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. In a somewhat bizarre op-ed last week, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof acknowledged, “I’m no expert Continue reading
  10. Civil Legal Assistance Saves Money and Helps People Escape Poverty
    1 Jan 2015 … Advocates argue that to continue progress, civil legal aid must be deployed more broadly in future efforts to combat poverty. Continue reading