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  1. The Poverty of Culture (Photo:Jacobin)
    9 Sep 2014 … Despite all evidence to the contrary, blaming black culture for racial inequality remains politically dominant. And not only on the Right. Continue reading
  2. Chairman Ryan and the Real World House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, holds a copy of President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal book as he questions Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 12, 2013, as Sebelius testified before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the HHS fiscal 2014 budget request. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    8 Aug 2013 … Congressman Jim McDermott described Ryan's hearing on poverty perfectly when he said: “This hearing is surreal… You are not living in the real world.” Continue reading
  3. What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Rural Poverty An abandoned house in Jefferson County, Mississippi. (Photo by Natalie Maynor/ flickr CC 2.0)
    3 Mar 2017 … In 2001, Michael Muhammad, a 45-year-old baker from Detroit, moved 1,000 miles south to rural Fayette, Mississippi. Muhammad saw opportunity in the town’s cheap land, low property taxes and small but tight-knit African-American Muslim community. He and several other followers Continue reading
  4. Missing From the Debates: Climate Change, Poverty, Campaign Finance and More Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listen to the first of three presidential debates at the Trump headquarters in Urbandale, Iowa. (Photo by Steve Pope/Getty Images)
    10 Oct 2016 … If you plan to tune in tonight to watch the final presidential debates, you probably won’t hear anything about some of our country’s most pressing concerns - again. The final debate will be moderated by Fox News’ Chris Wallace, who Continue reading
  5. The Economy and the Business of Poverty
    8 Aug 2008 … Sylvia Chase follows a team of BusinessWeek reporters as they track corporate practices that some say are exploiting the working poor. Also included in this program, a talk with economist Dean Baker and journalist Bob Herbert about the severe economic Continue reading
  6. The Best Poverty Journalism of the Past Year: My Picks A homeless man standing outside of McDonald's in Wall St.(Credit: Charina Nadura/Moyers & Company)
    1 Jan 2015 … TalkPoverty highlights the best 20 stories and op-eds that drew attention to critical but under-reported issues in America in the the past year. Continue reading
  7. The New War on Poverty
    3 Mar 2016 … The 2016 presidential race is revving up, the Supreme Court and National Labor Relations Board are weighing union and workers’ rights cases, and questions of tax reform, living wages, and the right to unionize are hotter than they’ve been in Continue reading
  8. Citizen Obama and the Anti-Poverty/Pro-Prosperity People President Barack Obama is officially sworn-in by Chief Justice John Roberts in the Blue Room of the White House during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Sunday Jan. 20, 2013. Next to Obama are first lady Michelle Obama, holding the Robinson Family Bible, and daughters Malia and Sasha. (AP Photo/Pool, Charles Dharapak)
    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. “So you see, the election four years ago wasn’t about me. It was Continue reading
  9. Paul Ryan’s District Struggles with Poverty House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) outlined his A Better Way agenda, and addressed his stance on presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in Washington, DC on June 7. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
    6 Jun 2016 … In Racine, Wisconsin, it is clear that a community was abandoned. On either side of Memorial Drive, one after another, are relics of better days: massive brick factories now closed, sprawling warehouses deserted, empty lots, boarded-up buildings. Rusted water towers Continue reading
  10. Why “Can’t Make Ends Meet” Trumps “Poverty” Claudia Pedroza, Karla Osorio
    7 Jul 2014 … New research has found that the language used to describe struggling Americans is turning off the very people it's supposed to help. Continue reading