Shortly after passing the country’s worst voter suppression law, North Carolina Republicans targeted student voting.

Congressional cuts to the food stamp program went into effect this week, making it much harder for struggling families to make ends meet.

A new proposal would increase Social Security benefits for seniors struggling to pay bills.

The state's restrictive abortion law went into effect on Friday. Merritt Tierce, executive director of Texas Equal Access Fund, talks about how women in Texas are faring.

As newcomers flock to New York, the city's affordable housing crisis is a symptom of its growing inequality. Can de Blasio stop -- or even slow -- these trends?

A new study showing explosive growth in student poverty suggests that the biggest change we need to address may be that of our student body.

New report reveals a multi-faceted, national campaign to keep low wage workers poor.

The latest report from Half in Ten, a nonprofit started in 2007 that aims to cut the number of people living in poverty in the US in half in ten years. Find out how they're doing.

The rollout of the new voter-ID law in Texas is off to a very bad start.

A Facebook fan alerted us to the work of the Wisconsin organizer, who is taking on big business in the fight for workers rights. Learn more about her.