November 20, 2013House Republicans are balking at renewing long-term unemployment insurance. But more austerity could be devastating for the recovery.
November 19, 2013Struggling parents whose lives are derailed by recent food stamp cuts shared their stories with members of Congress yesterday.
November 12, 2013This month's food stamp cuts, and the additional cuts likely to come with a new farm bill, will have a devastating impact on the lives of millions of Americans.
November 12, 2013A new documentary captures the struggles faced by a Brooklyn public school in an impoverished neighborhood.
November 11, 2013Americans subsidize each other all the time and the biggest beneficiaries are the middle class and the wealthy.
November 8, 2013Congressional cuts to the food stamp program went into effect this week, making it much harder for struggling families to make ends meet.
November 6, 2013A look at some of the races you may have missed.
November 6, 2013As newcomers flock to New York, the city's affordable housing crisis is a symptom of its growing inequality. Can de Blasio stop -- or even slow -- these trends?
November 4, 2013The latest report from Half in Ten, a nonprofit started in 2007 that aims to cut the number of people living in poverty in the US in half in ten years. Find out how they're doing.
October 29, 2013If we truly think it’s important to respect our elders, here’s a simple way to prove it.
