The party of the rich is now doing everything in its power to make sure those without money live in misery
Last week my colleague Simon Maloy caught us up with the latest on Kanses Gov. Sam Brownback’s famous Arthur Laffer...
Tagged: poverty
Elizabeth Warren Says Economy Is ‘Rigged’ Against Workers
WASHINGTON — With a celebrity assist from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the AFL-CIO union federation hosted what it billed as...
Social Security Kept 27 Million Americans Out of Poverty in 2013
Government programs can effectively reduce poverty in the United States. Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)—a more comprehensive measure of...
People Who Work For Tips Are Twice As Likely To Live In Poverty
People who work for tips are far more likely to live in poverty, according to a new report from the...
The South is America’s poverty belt, and Republicans want to make all of America more like the South
The South has never been America’s bright spot when it comes to things like poverty and health outcomes, but recent...
Millions in Poverty Get Less Coverage Than 482 Billionaires
Poverty continues to be a pressing social problem– but it’s hardly mentioned on the network newscasts, according to a new...
Increasing Wages is an Effective Poverty Reduction Tool, Study Shows
The minimum wage is currently more than 25% below its real value in the late 1960s. The Congressional Budget Office...
Over One-Fourth of Men 25-34 Years Old Earned Poverty-Level Wages in 2013
Men between 25 and 44 have seen precipitous increases in the share working at such low wages, with the share...
Robert Reich: The Three Biggest Right-Wing Lies About Poverty
Rather than confront poverty by extending jobless benefits to the long-term unemployed, endorsing a higher minimum wage, or supporting jobs...
GOP’s fake poverty push gets a new charlatan: Rob Portman’s latest ploy
Mitt Romney’s 47 percent video has had two important, lasting contributions to American politics. The first is that it kept...
