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Poverty
Poverty news and analysis from The Nation
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July 5, 2019
Overnight, an EU-backed law criminalized the main source of income in the city of Agadez. It didn’t stop migration, but it wrecked the economy.
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July 1, 2019
Ten years after the coup, they have become the largest single Central American nationality in the refugee caravans fleeing north.
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June 20, 2019
At a hearing, Republicans told a familiar story while the Poor People’s Campaign presented a bold budget proposal.
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June 18, 2019
An historic forum revealed consensus on the need for policies like raising the minimum wage and affordable childcare—and some big differences.
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June 4, 2019
Piecemeal reforms won’t do the job.
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May 31, 2019
By redefining poverty, millions fewer people would be able to take advantage of lifesaving programs.
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May 21, 2019
Can a locally elected school board bring accountability to the city’s charter schools, or will it give an upper hand to well-connected parents?
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May 20, 2019
Sanders has the most progressive education platform in modern American history.
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May 17, 2019
His new book, The Privileged Poor, examines the way elite colleges and universities welcome, and don’t welcome, students from the working classes.
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May 15, 2019
The US government already has the means to assure lifelong financial stability to all Americans. Here’s how we can make it happen.
