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

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

New research has found that the language used to describe struggling Americans is turning off the very people it's supposed to help.

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.

A new study debunks some of the most common myths about America's tipped workforce.

We must remember the courage of the people of Mississippi and other Jim Crow states and that the civil rights movement was an endeavor of white and black bonding.

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.

Creating 217,000 new jobs is not a sign of economic health. Measuring the job market by quantity — with no regard for quality — devalues workers themselves.

The president of the Center for American Progress makes a case for talking about poverty by recounting how her mother raised her family through tough times.

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.