This Week in Poverty: Twelve Things You Can Do To Fight Poverty Now This Week in Poverty: Twelve Things You Can Do To Fight Poverty Now
It’s a tough moment in the fight against poverty, but twelve anti-poverty leaders have suggestions of what you can do right now to take action.
May 10, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: Florida Gives Workers a Smackdown This Week in Poverty: Florida Gives Workers a Smackdown
The Florida state legislature takes action to bar local, pro-worker ordinances on living wages, paid sick leave and equal employee benefits.
May 3, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Banks on the Run (Continued) Banks on the Run (Continued)
Bank accountability activists continue to send a clear message to the big banks: “You can run, but you can’t hide.”
Apr 30, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Sequestration 101: If a Budget Cut Doesn’t Impact the Wealthy, Congress Won’t Fix It Sequestration 101: If a Budget Cut Doesn’t Impact the Wealthy, Congress Won’t Fix It
The poor have long known that a budget cut passed in Congress means hardship in real life. Now middle-class Americans realize that, too.
Apr 28, 2013 / Bryce Covert
This Week in Poverty: Ignoring Homeless Families This Week in Poverty: Ignoring Homeless Families
Family homelessness is on the rise and the federal government is choosing not to respond.
Apr 19, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Life in the Cellar Life in the Cellar
New York’s housing crisis has pushed hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers underground.
Apr 18, 2013 / Suketu Mehta
This Week in Poverty: Banks Got Nowhere to Run To, Baby This Week in Poverty: Banks Got Nowhere to Run To, Baby
The Big Banks are fleeing activists and shareholders who are challenging their bad practices. They can run, but they can't hide.
Apr 12, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness
With sequestration, a bleak housing and homelessness situation is about to get a lot worse.
Apr 5, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
This Is What Happens When You Rip a Hole in the Safety Net This Is What Happens When You Rip a Hole in the Safety Net
If you destroy one part of the social safety net, those in need will turn to what’s left.
Mar 28, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Homeless Vets vs. the VA: An LA Story Continues Homeless Vets vs. the VA: An LA Story Continues
The fight in LA to house homeless disabled veterans—on land donated to the government for them—has moved to the courts.
Mar 25, 2013 / Jon Wiener