Poverty

Original Reporting | Meade Klingensmith | Aging, Poverty, Social Security
Note: Important additional reporting is available by clicking on each of the “dig deeper” boxes that appear throughout the article. If you prefer to view the article in Remapping Debate’s...view
Map & Data Resources | | Poverty, State government
May 8, 2013 — As we document in three new interactive visualizations, the value of public assistance benefits (first called “Aid to Families with Dependent Children,” or “AFDC,” and...view
Interviews | Kevin C. Brown | Education, History, Poverty
Jan. 30, 2013 — Pennsylvania State University assistant professor of English John Marsh discusses “Class Dismissed: Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our Way Out of Inequality.” Marsh’s study...view
Interviews | Kevin C. Brown | Poverty
Oct. 10, 2012 — Maurice Isserman is a professor of history at the Hamilton College. He is the author of “The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington.” This is the fiftieth anniversary of...view
Editorial Cartoons | | Agriculture, Budget deficit, Poverty
June 20, 2012 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view
Letters to the Editor | | Poverty, Religion
May 16, 2012 — Thanks for this [Two-tier morality? Catholic Bishops’ anti-poverty advocacy lags] well written and researched article. I’ve been saying this precise thing since before the burst of the...view
Original Reporting | Kevin C. Brown | Poverty, Religion
May 16, 2012 — In a statement earlier this month, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, the Archbishop of New York and the current president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), joined...view
Map & Data Resources | Mike Alberti | Employment, Labor, Poverty
Apr. 11, 2012 — As observed in recent news coverage, “lawmakers are facing growing pressure to raise the minimum wage, which was last increased at the federal level to $7.25 an hour in July 2009.”...view
Map & Data Resources | Craig Gurian | Children, Poverty
Oct. 19, 2011 — Child poverty in the United States has never been a pretty picture, and it has gotten worse over the course of the last several years. To put the current picture is some perspective,...view