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  • Society
    Uber and Lyft Could Hurt the Environment and Screw the Poor
    August 31, 2017
    | Hana Creger
    Transit-dependent poor communities will be the hardest hit.
  • Inequality
    Trump’s Child Care Plan Will Only Help the Rich
    March 16, 2017
    | Michelle Chen
    What kind of child care plan gives the majority of its funding to families making over $100,000 a year?
  • Inequality
    Mothers Struggling With Poverty Share Their Photos
    January 30, 2015
    | Charina Nadura
    To show the reality of hunger, mothers participating in the Witness to Hunger program photograph their daily experiences living in poverty.
  • Anti-Poverty Leaders Respond to Paul Ryan
    July 26, 2014
    | Anne Ford, Deepak Bhargava, Dr. Mariana Chilton, Laffon Brelland Jr., Melissa Boteach, Peter Edelman, Tianna Gaines-Turner and Tom Colicchio
    A diverse set of activists and experts who understand poverty firsthand respond to Paul Ryan's new proposal to address poverty.
  • Economy & Work
    Why Big Business Loves Desperate Workers
    July 23, 2014
    | Stephen Pimpare
    When workers have limited social welfare benefits, they are cheap and compliant, and have no choice but to accept whatever job they are offered.
  • The Full Employment Route to Poverty Reduction
    June 13, 2014
    | Dean Baker
    Few policies are likely to have as much effect on improving the plight of the poor as a genuine commitment to full employment economic policies.
  • The Stereotypes of People Who Get Welfare Benefits Are All Wrong
    December 19, 2013
    | Bryce Covert
    These common assumptions threaten programs that keep families afloat.
  • Record Number of Americans Can’t Afford Their Rent
    December 9, 2013
    | Bryce Covert
    A new report finds that half of all renters pay more rent than they can afford -- defined as 30 percent of their income or more.
  • The President Won't See You Now
    January 9, 2013
    | Greg Kaufmann
    Why haven't low-income Americans been given an opportunity to meet with the president to tell their own stories?


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