Poverty
Our coverage of poverty in America, which policies help reduce it, and why it’s so hard to achieve economic mobility.
Openly talking about reparations for the descendants of enslaved men and women is a notable shift for Democrats. But the conversation has often lacked substance.
At the Poor People’s Campaign forum, candidates opened up about how they plan to help low-income Americans.
Congress’s official think tank finds the Republican tax cuts helped corporations, not workers.
It’s a subtle but important change.
A new survey asks how cash transfers stack up against services. People want their government to provide the latter.
A map from ProPublica shows who the taxman really inspects.
The most important report on child poverty in years is finally out.
A new wave of critics say even the most generous billionaires are bad. Are they right?
Forget the horse race — here’s how 2020 Democrats want to fight poverty.
It’s not a full UBI, but it’s a huge step.
MLK’s speech highlighted the unfulfilled promise of economic freedom for black Americans — and the White House feared the aftermath.
Studies have shown it hasn’t really lifted people out of poverty. But it’s still made a difference in the lives of the poor.
Why making it someone’s job to use evidence-based thinking in government could yield big benefits.
Nikole Hannah-Jones on the persistence of segregation in American life.
These are bleak times — but a lot of things are improving.
What Gates thinks about global poverty, artificial intelligence, political freedom, clean meat, and humanity’s future.
Inside the Open Philanthropy Project, the group tasked with giving away Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz’s massive fortune.
“Graduation” for the ultra-poor, explained.
Why society might be more stable if we had more poverty and less inequality.
“Things we’re not entitled to claim moral credit for are the driving forces behind success.” —Robert H. Frank
Scott Pruitt’s leadership gave the EPA the greenlight to ignore marginalized communities.
Eric Weinstein on the crisis of late capitalism.
He was an ally to marginalized communities and called out powerful leaders for their hypocrisy.
When you look at the numbers right, the war on poverty actually worked.
Everyone is making millions — except the players.
“What’s happening is bigger than any one of us”: a conversation with historian Michael Bess.
The poor taking care of the poor are driving the new economy.
“How much inequality are we willing to put up with?”
Could a universal basic income actually hurt poor Americans?
Rich or poor, everyone in this village is getting a basic income for the next 12 years.
What our conversation about “rural America” is missing.
In San Francisco, a family of four that earns $100,000 is “low-income.”
A conversation with historian Gareth Stedman Jones.
The country’s “mobile money system” is transforming personal finance.
Andy Stern spent his career organizing workers. Here’s why he thinks work is doomed.
America is number one — in incarceration.
To prevent more violent uprisings and protests, we need to take their causes seriously.
Brown University’s Glenn Loury: “We’re arguing about labels, about what to call our holidays, or which portraits to rearrange on the wall.”
Some of the best films at this year’s TIFF are determined to explore a frequently ignored subject.
“In many ways the color blue becomes more important than black and white.”