Congress's solution to the "fiscal cliff" is far from perfect, but it does do a lot to help Americans who are living in poverty.

Want to know more about the 11th hour deal Congress and the White House reached? Here's a collection of articles explaining what's in the deal and differing viewpoints on the consequences.

Single mothers in the U.S. work more hours, but are more impoverished than single mothers in other high-income countries.

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.

Bruce Bartlett and Yves Smith join Bill in a discussion about why Washington insiders are talking about the deficit crisis instead of the jobs crisis.

Since 2008, corporate profits have rebounded. But those profits have not translated to increased government revenue from income taxes or higher wages for Americans.

If Congress doesn’t extend the unemployment insurance program at the end of the year, two million people would be cut off.

Missed deadlines and Congressional hearings put more speed bumps in the road to implementation for the Volcker Rule.

The Nation's Greg Kaufmann writes that a program of fighting homelessness by providing homes costs less then many alternatives and may be more effective.

The Nation's Greg Kaufmann reports that, as the weather grows colder and the fiscal cliff approaches, Americans living in affordable housing are worried about how the budget negotiations in Congress will affect them.