What is our relationship with collective humanity, and what do we owe others who are suffering? A writer ponders the refugee crisis and what he personally is prepared to do to help.

A new book out this week traces a disturbing trend in extreme poverty to the 1996 law, which has gradually but inexorably gutted the cash assistance safety net for families with children.

The American people have been sold a bill of goods when it comes to the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program.

In a somewhat bizarre op-ed last week on Supplemental Security Income, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof acknowledged, “I’m no expert on domestic poverty,” and then seemingly set out to prove it.

This new chart from Demos provides a snapshot of the state of poverty in America today.

Frances Fox Piven explains why we shouldn't blame poverty on the poor, and how she was targeted by the right.

New reports deliver good and bad news on extreme poverty levels.

In this award-winning documentary, Bill Moyers takes a breathtaking look at the arson and crime that nearly destroyed the Bronx in the 1970s.