A diverse set of activists and experts who understand poverty firsthand respond to Paul Ryan's new proposal to address poverty.

When workers have limited social welfare benefits, they are cheap and compliant, and have no choice but to accept whatever job they are offered.

Workers at Target, Wal-Mart and McDonald’s need food stamps to survive. Should the companies be taxed accordingly?

The 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.

If we hope to improve educational outcomes, we need to demand policies that ensure that students can come to class well-fed and ready to learn.

A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...

Single moms and absentee dads are not the problem. And going to college does not mean you'll escape the poverty trap.

The conservative assault on food stamps -- authored by Reagan, updated by Ryan -- is really an attack on the middle class.

The idea is popular, so low-wage employers have come up with a number of red herrings.

A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...