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

These common assumptions threaten programs that keep families afloat.

Since 1996, the number of families with children living in extreme poverty — that is, on $2 a day or less — has gone up nearly 130 percent.

The American people have been sold a bill of goods when it comes to the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program.

Could committing to a contract grow and unify the moment against poverty?

In a somewhat bizarre op-ed last week on Supplemental Security Income, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof acknowledged, “I’m no expert on domestic poverty,” and then seemingly set out to prove it.

Why the Romney campaign keeps running its blatantly false welfare ads, and what to do about it.

Learn about a farmer's market program that improves diets and supports farmers.

Frances Fox Piven explains why we shouldn't blame poverty on the poor, and how she was targeted by the right.

NOW travels to Portland, Oregon where we meet working Americans who are struggling to afford food for their families.