In American politics and media, poverty is the elephant in the room: even though it is the highest it’s been in half a century, we rarely utter the word. Nation blogger Greg Kaufmann has been bringing some much-needed attention to American inequality through his This Week in Poverty round-up, cross-posted at BillMoyers.com. This week, he spoke with Theresa Riley of BillMoyers.com to separate fact from fiction when it comes to poverty in the US. Read the full interview here. 

—Christie Thompson