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  • 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.
  • Inequality
    Why "Can't Make Ends Meet" Trumps "Poverty"
    July 25, 2014
    | Karin Kamp
    New research has found that the language used to describe struggling Americans is turning off the very people it's supposed to help.
  • Economy & Work
    Web Extra: The Conscience of a Compassionate Conservative
    July 25, 2014
    After the broadcast interview ended, our cameras kept rolling. See more of Bill’s conversation with Arthur C. Brooks.
  • Arthur Brooks on Compassionate Conservatism
    July 25, 2014 | Moyers & Company
    Arthur C. Brooks, the president of the American Enterprise Institute, says free enterprise is good for the poor – and good for the soul.
  • Economy & Work
    It's Not Just Low Pay Stressing Out Part-Time Workers
    July 24, 2014
    | Neha Tara Mehta
    Lawmakers and corporations are beginning to address how erratic, last-minute schedules unnecessarily complicate the lives of part-time workers.
  • What I Learned From My Minimum Wage Job
    July 24, 2014
    | Terrance Heath
    When I was 16 years old, I got my first job working the grill at McDonald’s. It punctured my bubble of economic privilege.
  • 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.
  • Economy & Work
    The Bad Boss Tax
    July 21, 2014
    | Sarah Jaffe
    Workers at Target, Wal-Mart and McDonald’s need food stamps to survive. Should the companies be taxed accordingly?
  • Rising Voices for a New Economy
    July 2, 2014 | Moyers & Company
    Two successful community organizers join forces to improve the lives of working Americans and make corporations pay their fair share in taxes.
  • Generational Poverty Is the Exception, Not the Rule
    June 28, 2014
    | Stephen Pimpare
    Poverty in the US is, in fact, a much larger problem than we think it is, and it’s one that most Americans will face.


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