Employers like Wal-Mart and McDonald's have fought hard to keep wages low, but the working poor are fighting back.

Greg Kaufmann asks two economists: "How could we return to broad wage growth for all workers?"

America's capital is its richest city, and also one of its most unequal.

A new report released by the Cato Institute claims that the "current welfare system provides such a high level of benefits that it acts as a disincen­tive for work.”

How far have we come since 1963 -- and what remains to be done? Seven scholars and thinkers weigh in.

An artist's rendering of Manhattan's skyline exposes the city's astounding wealth disparity.

The program plays a key role in America's social safety net, but has an uncertain future.

Paul Ryan declined to invite struggling mother Tianna Gaines-Turner to speak before his poverty hearing, but here's what she would have said.

Sequestration mandates made housing less affordable than ever. Congressional inaction will keep it that way.

Congressman Jim McDermott described Ryan's hearing on poverty perfectly when he said: “This hearing is surreal… You are not living in the real world.”