Poverty

Girls, Interrupted Girls, Interrupted

Chris Kraus reviews Cool for You, by Eileen Myles.

Dec 14, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Chris Kraus

From the ‘Burbs to the ‘Hood From the ‘Burbs to the ‘Hood

Activists are finding success solving social problems on a regional basis.

Nov 2, 2000 / Feature / Jay Walljasper

Still With Us Still With Us

The editors of The New York Times Magazine had a good idea recently.

Apr 5, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman

Home Discomforts Home Discomforts

Isn't it curious how often the policy disaster that is posited as the thing that will never happen takes place within minutes?

Jan 6, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt

America’s Disappeared America’s Disappeared

Nearly three years after the inauguration of welfare reform, Congress and the Clinton Administration would do well to reflect upon the admonition of Dorothy Day, the founder of t...

Jun 24, 1999 / Editorial / Paul Wellstone

If Poverty Is the Question… If Poverty Is the Question…

What does it mean to be poor in America? We can offer no single description of American poverty.

Apr 1, 1999 / Editorial / Paul Wellstone

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