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War on Poverty
War on Poverty news and analysis from The Nation
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January 11, 2018
You can’t really be poor unless you literally have nothing.
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December 19, 2017
After passing a deficit-exploding tax giveaway, Republicans will use the deficit as an excuse to cut vital programs that help people make ends meet.
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December 5, 2017
In the wealthiest country in the world, poverty is still taking a devastating toll on millions of people of all races.
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August 31, 2017
Congressional Republicans failed to gut the program this summer, but now it’s under siege from GOP governors.
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August 25, 2017
Challenged by a former educator, the Speaker of the House got everything wrong—factually, and morally.
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August 15, 2017
Military rhetoric only serves to dehumanize public issues rather than to treat them.
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July 26, 2017
Two prominent ministers make a Christian case for government intervention in economic inequality.
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March 31, 2017
Legislation passed this week would enrich a private contractor while throwing people off public assistance.
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December 6, 2016
The neurosurgeon has blasted the agency’s work as “social engineering” and “communist.”
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November 22, 2016
With Donald Trump and Paul Ryan in control of government, crucial antipoverty programs like Head Start, food stamps, and Medicaid are imperiled.
