This Week in Poverty: Obama’s Budget, Your Server’s Budget This Week in Poverty: Obama’s Budget, Your Server’s Budget
If Obama wants his actions to match his rhetoric about helping the poor, he needs to show a lot more leadership.
Feb 17, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: Perfect Storm Threatens Long-Term Unemployed This Week in Poverty: Perfect Storm Threatens Long-Term Unemployed
Federal and state proposals to reduce unemployment benefits or make them harder to obtain place millions of unemployed people at risk of falling into poverty.
Feb 10, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: James Q. Wilson Peddles Poverty Myths This Week in Poverty: James Q. Wilson Peddles Poverty Myths
The Washington Post spins myths about the poor, Congressional battles impact the poor, and Mitt Romney doesn’t give a damn about the poor.
Feb 3, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: State of the Union, State of Florida This Week in Poverty: State of the Union, State of Florida
President Obama fails to mention poverty in his State of the Union address, even though 46 million Americans are living in it.
Jan 27, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: An American Commitment to Children? This Week in Poverty: An American Commitment to Children?
Eighty-eight percent of voters say that a presidential candidate’s position on equal opportunity for children of all races is important in determining their vote. But do ou...
Jan 20, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: Kids, Jobs and GOP Myths This Week in Poverty: Kids, Jobs and GOP Myths
What the latest brain research says about kids and poverty, and what the brainless GOP says.
Jan 13, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: TANF Is Broken This Week in Poverty: TANF Is Broken
Five things we learned about poverty in 2011—the first of a weekly series.
Jan 6, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
‘The Worst I’ve Seen by Far’: Budget Cuts Meet Poverty in the Heartland ‘The Worst I’ve Seen by Far’: Budget Cuts Meet Poverty in the Heartland
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.
May 9, 2011 / Greg Kaufmann
Poverty in John Boehner’s District Poverty in John Boehner’s District
Fourteen percent of Speaker Boehner’s constituents live below the federal poverty line of $22,400 per year for a family of four. His budget targets these vulnerable people. ...
Apr 11, 2011 / The Notion / Greg Kaufmann
US Poverty: Past, Present and Future US Poverty: Past, Present and Future
An interview with Georgetown University law professor Peter Edelman.
Mar 22, 2011 / Greg Kaufmann