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  1. ‘Inexcusable’ Indifference to Extreme Poverty
    3 Mar 2012 … Frances Fox Piven explains why we shouldn't blame poverty on the poor, and how she was targeted by the right. Continue reading
  2. Paul Ryan’s War on Poverty
    7 Jul 2013 … House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan has the opportunity to listen to and learn from an advocate on the front lines of the poverty battle tomorrow. Will he take it? Continue reading
  3. The Real 21st-Century Problem in Public Education is Poverty Teacher Lori Peck, helps first grader Timia Harris at Grace L. Patterson Elementary school in Vallejo, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
    11 Nov 2013 … A new study showing explosive growth in student poverty suggests that rather than raising standards and testing students more, the biggest change we need to address may be that of our student body. Continue reading
  4. Poverty Rate Remains Steady While Income Inequality Grows Homeless people line up in Franklin Park in downtown Washington to receive food and clothing from the congregation of Greater Saint John Church of Upper Marlboro, Md. May 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    9 Sep 2012 … The number of people living in poverty is the highest the Census Bureau has ever recorded, but when will rhetoric give way to results? Continue reading
  5. Beyond the Minimum Wage: What’s Really Keeping Hourly Workers in Poverty?
    8 Aug 2014 … In the debate about poverty and rising economic inequality, we need to think beyond the minimum wage. Continue reading
  6. Extreme Poverty Down Globally, Up in U.S. A man who had been laid off holds his daughter while taking free food from the weekly open food pantry at the Warren Family Mission in Warren, Ohio. March 2009 (AP /Amy Sancetta)
    3 Mar 2012 … First, the good news. A World Bank report released last week shows that extreme poverty is on the decline. The percentage of people living on less than $1.25 a day decreased in every region of the developing world between 2005 Continue reading
  7. Paul Ryan’s Faux Populism Isn’t Going to End Poverty or Reduce Inequality Paul Ryan, Chris Van Hollen, Tom Price, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., center, presides over a markup session where House Republicans are crafting a budget-balancing plan that sharply cuts spending on transportation, health care programs for the middle class and the poor, food stamps and other domestic initiatives, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ryan is flanked by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., right, the committee's ranking member, and Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    7 Jul 2014 … The Republican from Wisconsin has downloaded some populist rhetoric to go with his “kinder, gentler” talk about poverty. But his populism is not the real thing. Continue reading
  8. People Really Do Want the Media to Cover Poverty abstract, poverty, hands in air,
    11 Nov 2014 … We asked our audience what kind of coverage of poverty issues they were interested in and received over 2,000 responses. Continue reading
  9. On Conservatives and Poverty: Talking the Talk or Walking the Walk? U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin speaking at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.
    3 Mar 2015 … As the upcoming election will likely focus on issues of poverty and inequality, it’s more important than ever to remind our political leaders that actions speak louder than words. Continue reading
  10. Two New Films Address American Poverty A scene from American winter.
    3 Mar 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. A Patriotic Fix for America’s Hunger Epidemic By Michael Shank “One nation, underfed.” Continue reading