Greg Kaufmann

Greg Kaufmann is a Nation contributor covering poverty in America, primarily through his blog, This Week in Poverty. Through 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

How Sequestration Hurts the Homeless (Housing and Homelessness)

An already-bleak housing and homelessness situation is about to get a lot worse.

Greg Kaufmann

Taking on the Dental Crisis: A Q&A With Bernie Sanders (Health, Politics)

Students miss 50 million hours of school each year because of dental problems. A hearing Wednesday confronts the crisis.

Greg Kaufmann

'The Worst I've Seen by Far': Budget Cuts Meet Poverty in the Heartland (US Politics, Poverty)

In Appalachian Ohio, long lines at food pantries show just how wrongheaded a plan for economic recovery based on cutting assistance to the poor really is.

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US Poverty: Past, Present and Future (Economy, Politics, Society)

An interview with Georgetown University law professor Peter Edelman.

Greg Kaufmann

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A Real December Review for Afghanistan (US Wars and Military Action, World)

The Department of Defense's December review of Afghan strategy glossed over real challenges to the US involvement in the country's political and economic development.

Greg Kaufmann

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Could the Right to Rent Stop the Foreclosure Hurricane? (Housing and Homelessness, Economic Policy)

The foreclosure crisis is now hitting even the safest borrowers. That makes passing the Right to Rent Act, which would enable homeowners who can't get loan modifications to stay in their homes, even more critical.

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Chase's Foreclosure Disgrace (Banking Predatory Lending, Class, US Politics, Economic Policy)

Three working homeowners in Queens faced foreclosure—and JP Morgan Chase refused to modify their mortgages. Now they've brought a lawsuit, and the bank is suddenly responsive.

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Noted. (US Politics)

David Cole on Dawn Johnsen, Greg Kaufmann on Stephen Friedman's windfall profits and Clarissa A. León on Islam Siddiqui, "pesticide pusher"

David Cole, John Nichols, Greg Kaufmann and Clarissa A. León

Voluntary Foreclosure Prevention Fails to Deliver (Economy)

Offering banks incentives to prevent foreclosures isn't working. The Obama administration needs to start mandating mortgage modifications.

Greg Kaufmann

Safe Meat Requires Humane Slaughter (Bio-Ethics, Animal Rights Activism, Environment)

While the Obama Administration has taken steps to strengthen enforcement of humane handling and food safety laws, the verdict is still out on whether the USDA has the will to make the changes necessary for a safe and humane food system.

Greg Kaufmann