In the State of the Union, President Obama didn't mention poverty even though this is the year he promised to end child hunger.

Last night in his State of the Union address, the president said the words ‘free’ and ‘college’ in the same sentence. The administration’s proposal is a big deal. Here's why.

Working women shouldn't have to worry about job security when raising a family. It's a right that policy makers should implement and protect.

The President's meeting with native teenagers made him "tear up in the Oval Office." His new agenda to help better their lives is huge step for low-income tribal communities across the country.

There is a widely-held myth constructed by the right that the people who struggle to make ends meet don’t want to work. But in reality, people are working harder and harder for less and less.

Every day, visit BillMoyers.com to discover a new action you can take to help turn the tide in the fight against poverty.

TalkPoverty highlights the best 20 stories and op-eds that drew attention to critical but under-reported issues in America in the the past year.

Perhaps the most revolutionary effort to end American inequality occurred almost 50 years ago and was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Environmental and social justice groups built an interactive calculator to measure the real cost of fossil fuel subsidies.

The vast divide between America's rich and poor made stark by the destruction of San Jose's "Jungle."