School Breakfasts and Ending Child Hunger School Breakfasts and Ending Child Hunger
A recent study shows that school breakfasts can help alleviate child hunger. Will President Obama take action on his pledge to end it?
Mar 5, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions
Republican Senator Jeff Sessions uses some very creative math to prove that people in poverty have incomes that are similar to the middle class.
Mar 1, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: How Obama Can Fight Hunger Now This Week in Poverty: How Obama Can Fight Hunger Now
There are 50 million Americans struggling with hunger—and with sequestration, things will get worse.
Feb 22, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Letter From Tanzania II: A Visit to the US Embassy Letter From Tanzania II: A Visit to the US Embassy
The country needs more foreign aid to develop infrastructure amid the effects of climate change, but don’t look to the private sector.
Feb 19, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Ten Things You Should Know About #TheRealTANF Ten Things You Should Know About #TheRealTANF
TANF authorization expires at the end of March. The program isn’t what you think it is.
Feb 19, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: Revealing the Real TANF This Week in Poverty: Revealing the Real TANF
The TANF program expires in March, and the American people need to know what it’s all about before it’s renewed.
Feb 8, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: Time to Take On Concentrated Poverty and Education This Week in Poverty: Time to Take On Concentrated Poverty and Education
Concentrated poverty has largely been ignored by policymakers, despite the huge impact it has on student achievement.
Feb 1, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: Citizen Obama and the Anti-Poverty/Pro-Prosperity People This Week in Poverty: Citizen Obama and the Anti-Poverty/Pro-Prosperity People
President Obama laid out the right vision—what will the anti-poverty movement do to help get us there?
Jan 25, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Old, Female and Homeless Old, Female and Homeless
Life on San Francisco’s streets for women over 50 is filled with hardships, small and large.
Jan 23, 2013 / Feature / Rose Aguilar
What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty
It makes no sense to suggest that a poor child could ever have “the same chance to succeed as anybody else.”
Jan 22, 2013 / Blog / Betsy Reed