When workers have limited social welfare benefits, they are cheap and compliant, and have no choice but to accept whatever job they are offered.

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.

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

Our interactive map of nationwide news shows how much sequester-related cuts to low-income housing programs are hurting the poor.