Poverty

Can those aged 45 to 64 be saved from misery in retirement? How?
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
Abandonment of poor: much worse than you thought
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
“Class Dismissed”
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
“The Other America” revisited
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
Putting our foot down
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
Conference of Catholic Bishops needs to do better
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
Two-tier morality? Catholic Bishops' anti-poverty advocacy lags
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
Individual minimum wage versus family poverty threshold
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
More U.S. kids in poverty than people in your state?
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