Poverty
Our coverage of poverty in America, which policies help reduce it, and why it’s so hard to achieve economic mobility.
Paul Ehrlich predicted hundreds of millions would starve thanks to overpopulation. Here’s what actually happened.
The deep roots of mutual aid.
What Katie Wilson thinks national Democrats should learn from her win.
Less than Americans’ holiday shopping, actually.
One of humanity’s biggest achievements may be slipping away.
Meet the heroes keeping global progress alive.
We’ve forgotten how radical household appliances are.
The government shutdown and the new war on food stamps.
We’ve made tremendous progress against famine — but hunger hasn’t disappeared.
Here’s how this African country is winning the fight against childhood HIV.
Trump’s new fee will make the USAID cuts look like a rounding error in some countries.
Cash transfers can save lives. Just not very cost-effectively.
Did the president just blow up Democrats’ model for fighting poverty?
The “success sequence” has many critics, but lawmakers and parents don’t seem to care.
The inconvenient truth about trade.
Remember when elites cared about the rest of the world?
The effort to dismantle USAID tells us a lot about what programs Republicans tend to think of as “wasteful spending.”
Poor kids in the US are likely to become poor adults. More government support during adulthood could change that.
How Trump could attempt to cut Medicaid, school funding, and more — without Congress.
The official US poverty rate is based on an outdated metric.
The administration’s biggest achievement is something that almost no one has heard about.
Why young people are getting cancer, problems with OpenAI, and the little intelligence agency that could.
The New York Times painted a misleading picture. Less than 0.2 percent of US charity is ruthlessly optimized.
We need new malaria drugs — so I spent a year as a guinea pig.
From Gaza to Asheville to Valencia, the celebrity chef understands
What Trump’s return means for America’s poor people.
Did they actually figure out why nations fail?
Evacuating during a climate disaster is necessary. It’s also incredibly expensive.
Within Our Means is a newsletter about ending poverty in America.
Rich people debate washing machines for fun. But for billions of poor people, the debate really matters.
A new study argues the long-run benefits outweigh the costs nearly 10 to 1.
561 research papers in, the case for degrowth is still weak.
Researchers wildly underestimated how many people don’t have safe drinking water.
Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina is out. What comes next?
Giving people cash makes them less poor. It doesn’t fix everything.
A proposed tax hike sparked unrest, but Kenya’s real problem is a debt crisis.
Major reform on how the US gives money to other countries is breezing through the House with bipartisan support.
We’re not bringing back the extended child tax credit. But this deal is better than nothing.
Money always helps, but for the very poor, one lump sum can last a long time.
Nyandoro’s program takes aim at generational poverty in Jackson, Mississippi.