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From the 'Burbs to the 'Hood (Cities, Poverty, Politics)

Activists are finding success solving social problems on a regional basis.

Jay Walljasper
Still With Us (Media Analysis, Poverty, Society)

The editors of The New York Times Magazine had a good idea recently.

Eric Alterman
Home Discomforts (Gender Issues, Media Analysis, Poverty, Society)

Isn't it curious how often the policy disaster that is posited as the thing that will never happen takes place within minutes?

Katha Pollitt
America's Disappeared (Government, Poverty, Politics)

Nearly three years after the inauguration of welfare reform, Congress and the Clinton Administration would do well to reflect upon the admonition of Dorothy Day, the founder of the Catholic Worke

Paul Wellstone
If Poverty Is the Question... (Government, Political Figures, Poverty, Politics)

What does it mean to be poor in America? We can offer no single description of American poverty.

Paul Wellstone

Blogs

This Week in Poverty: Florida Gives Workers a Smackdown
Greg Kaufmann

The Florida state legislature takes action to bar local, pro-worker ordinances on living wages, paid sick leave and equal employee benefits.

May 3, 2013
Banks on the Run (Continued)
Greg Kaufmann

Bank accountability activists continue to send a clear message to the big banks: “You can run, but you can’t hide.”

April 30, 2013
Sequestration 101: If a Budget Cut Doesn't Impact the Wealthy, Congress Won't Fix It
Bryce Covert

The poor have long known that a budget cut passed in Congress means hardship in real life. Now middle-class Americans realize that, too.

April 28, 2013
This Week in Poverty: Ignoring Homeless Families
Greg Kaufmann

Family homelessness is on the rise and the federal government is choosing not to respond.

April 19, 2013
This Week in Poverty: Banks Got Nowhere to Run To, Baby
Greg Kaufmann

The Big Banks are fleeing activists and shareholders who are challenging their bad practices. They can run, but they can't hide.

April 12, 2013
This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness
Greg Kaufmann

With sequestration, a bleak housing and homelessness situation is about to get a lot worse.

April 5, 2013
This Is What Happens When You Rip a Hole in the Safety Net
Bryce Covert

If you destroy one part of the social safety net, those in need will turn to what’s left.

March 28, 2013
Homeless Vets vs. the VA: An LA Story Continues
Jon Wiener

The fight in LA to house homeless disabled veterans—on land donated to the government for them—has moved to the courts.

March 25, 2013
This Week in Poverty: SEIU Hospital Workers Strike for Affordable Healthcare
Greg Kaufmann

A nonprofit, Catholic healthcare giant makes hundreds of millions in profits, raises the salaries of corporate executives and asks workers earning $31,000 a year to pay a $3,100 deductible for healthcare.

March 18, 2013
This Week in Poverty: 'A Place at the Table' and 'American Winter'
Greg Kaufmann

Two new documentaries take a hard look at the struggles of low-income and middle class families to access the basics—like food, housing, healthcare and education.

March 8, 2013