Paul Ryan's "reality-based" math doesn't add up.

With their "pragmatic" governors mired in scandal, it may be a chaotic scramble in a wide-open field.

Joel Berg, an anti-poverty activist in New York City, proposes an alternative to Ryan's paternalistic plan that he believes will empower families to take charge of their own futures.

Paul Ryans new plan includes a few positive proposals, but a poverty activist writes that it's doomed to fail because of its reliance on discredited, right-wing poverty myths.

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

The Republican from Wisconsin has borrowed some populist rhetoric to go with his “kinder, gentler” talk about poverty. But his populism is not the real thing.

The “self-made” man or woman, the symbol of American meritocracy, is disappearing. Six of today’s 10 wealthiest Americans are heirs to prominent fortunes.

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

Conservative members of the House Budget Committee showed up at a recent hearing on poverty to preach what they think they already know about people living in poverty.

Tianna Gaines-Turner has been struggling to feed her family for years. She testified before Congress this week.