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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: Five Things You Might Have Missed on 'Poverty Day'

Greg Kaufmann

Poverty Day--the one day every year when the mainstream media turns its attention to the poor--was last week. Here are five things you might have missed amidst the frenzy of coverage.

September 27, 2013

The GOP’s No Good, Very Bad Food Stamp Cuts

George Zornick

The Republican argument in favor of food stamp cuts lives in an alternate reality.

September 20, 2013

This Week in Poverty: New Data, Same Story (and Same Dangerous House Republicans)

Greg Kaufmann

The new Census data on poverty doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know--nothing will change without a formidable political movement.

September 20, 2013

Poverty Rate and Income Stagnate as Conservatives Attack the Safety Net

Zoë Carpenter

On the fifth anniversary of the financial collapse, new Census data shows that the modest uptick in the economy has failed to reach poor- and middle-class Americans.

September 17, 2013

This Week in Poverty: John Lewis, Barack Obama and the New March

Greg Kaufmann

President Obama speaks eloquently about the economic goals of the March on Washington, but passes up opportunities to stand with low-wage workers.

August 30, 2013

This Week in Poverty: '90 Percent of Workers Aren’t Getting Bupkis'

Greg Kaufmann

Americans across the economic spectrum have a lot in common when it comes to stagnating wages.

August 23, 2013

This Week in Poverty: The Expert Testimony of Tianna Gaines-Turner

Greg Kaufmann

If Congress would choose to listen to people in poverty, rather than just talking about them, this is what they would hear.