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Greg Kaufmann

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Greg Kaufmann

Greg Kaufmann is a Nation contributor covering poverty in America, primarily through his blog, This Week in PovertyThrough his writing he seeks to increase media coverage of poverty, share new research, elevate the voices of people living in poverty and offer readers opportunities to get involved with organizations working to eradicate poverty. Bill Moyers & Company syndicates his blog and describes it as offering “must-read stories,” and Melissa Harris-Perry calls Greg “one of the most consistent voices on poverty in America.” Greg has spoken at numerous conferences and been a guest on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry, NPR’s Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, Here & Now, Your Call, The Thom Hartmann Program and The Matthew Filipowicz Show, as well as various local radio programs. His work has also been featured on CBSNews.com, NPR.org, WashingtonPost.com, BillMoyers.com and BusinessInsider.com. He serves as an advisor for Barbara Ehrenreich’s Economic Hardship Reporting Project. He graduated from Dickinson College and studied creative writing at Miami University (Ohio). He lives in his hometown of Washington, DC, with his wife, son and two daughters.

Articles

News and Features

How former New York Fed chair Stephen Friedman made a bundle on the AIG bailout.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was summoned to testify before the House yesterday to answer two questions: why did he sign off on AIG paying full value on insurance for bad assets, and what was his role in the decision not to disclose that?

On the FCIC's second day of hearings, witnesses examined how Wall Street incentivized and why the Federal Reserve didn't stop subprime lending.

Day 1 of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission didn't find any good answers to the causes of the financial crisis--but don't give up on the commission yet.

Government regulators could insist that mortgage lenders take significant steps to stem the foreclosure crisis--but so far they've refused to.

Representative Marcy Kaptur, a longstanding advocate for foreclosure relief, talks to The Nation about prospects for sweeping financial reform.

Americans want to know what went wrong during last year's economic meltdown. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission will find the answers.

For the first time, family reunification for same-sex binational couples is being included in broader immigration reform.

It's undeniable that pay czar Kenneth Feinberg has had an impact on compensation at bailed-out firms. But it's equally clear that the casino culture that created this mess remains untouched.

Nightmare on Wall Street
continues--come March 2010, AIG plans on upping the bonuses for its
Financial Products division to nearly $200 million, bringing the total
to $426 million since December 2008.

Blogs

There are 50 million Americans struggling with hunger—and with sequestration, things will get worse. 
TANF authorization expires at the end of March. The program isn’t what you think it is.
The TANF program expires in March, and the American people need to know what it’s all about before it’s renewed.
Concentrated poverty has largely been ignored by policymakers, despite the huge impact it has on student achievement.
President Obama laid out the right vision—what will the anti-poverty movement do to help get us there?
An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013 might help grow the movement.
It's the broadcaster's latest effort to focus national attention on poverty in America.
It's one thing for the president to meet with advocates. It’s another to give lower-income people the opportunity to tell...