Our state and federal governments should be boosting programs to help the poor, not cutting back on them.read more

Candidates this season must stop ignoring a huge moral issue: poverty.read more

There’s no moral reason to only talk about middle class tax cuts when the poverty rate keeps zooming up.read more

Is poverty but “a spur to better, more responsible behavior” or does it crush an individual’s freedom?read more

Hard economic times are even harder when you have a disability. But poverty and disability don’t have to be synonymous — if we design our policies well.read more

With the economy in a tailspin, pundits and elected officials are talking a lot about the middle class — and hardly at all about the poor. But during President Bush’s years in office, poverty increased dramatically.read more