Poverty
Our coverage of poverty in America, which policies help reduce it, and why it’s so hard to achieve economic mobility.
Government spending accounts for more than 40 percent of the nonprofit’s budget.
“The same kid who had sat next to the first lady as an example of how anybody could beat the odds and attend college was no longer even in college. I felt like a fraud.”
What if everyone got money just for being alive?
This initiative can teach us so much about Martin Luther King’s values.
Psychiatric hospitals are legally obligated to treat suicidal patients — even if the patient’s funding runs dry — for as long as it takes for the patient to stabilize. But many don’t, and the consequences can be lethal.
Living in a car is a step up from street homelessness, but it isn’t much safer: Homeless people are 13 times more likely to be the victims of violence than housed people. And homeless women are even more vulnerable.
My ears perked up, and I asked, “How much do they pay?” She laughed, not contemptuously but with the sense of imparting a life lesson: “Oh, no, they don’t pay. You don’t do it for the money.”
Scrooge is redeemed not by becoming poor, but by using his wealth to help those in need.
There were plenty of studies to choose from, but one stood out. It was seeking healthy men and women ages 18 to 55 for seven three-night weekend stays in the clinic. Compensation: $5,930.
I don’t ask: Do I want to be a mother? I ask: Can I really bring a kid into a world careening toward crisis?
Researchers have found that when Planned Parenthood clinics close, other clinics do not step up to fill the gap.
The Ebola outbreak is under control, but the developing world remains rife with life-threatening diseases that we in the West barely notice. I should know — I caught three of them in three months.
Murder rates in El Salvador driven by gang violence have spiked 67 percent in 2015. On average, 18 people are killed every day in a country with fewer people than Massachusetts.
The world is a very, very unequal place.
It’s meant to help low-income students access college — but it’s a missed opportunity.
It’s not either/or.
$1.25 a day just became $1.90 a day.
Youth Radio’s audio map combines interviews and an interactive map.
Pope Francis became the first pontiff to deliver an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday.
It’s a morally toxic goal. The sooner we stop pursuing it, the better.
In 1993, I was arrested for building a real bomb. But because I was white, the entire system worked to make sure I was given an appropriate punishment and then forgiven. And I really, actually built the bomb!
On the eve of his latest piece, Ta-Nehisi Coates talks to Vox about how racism leads to poverty, poverty leads to mass incarceration, and mass incarceration leads to racism.
The White House says this program saves lives — but health experts now worry it could do harm, too.
Whether people say Europe is facing a “refugee crisis” or a “migrant crisis” tends to depend on how they feel about the people who are coming.
At one-quarter of US colleges, most students make less than the typical high school graduate 10 years after they enroll.
If the court ultimately finds in Republicans’ favor, the decision would have sweeping implications, significantly reshaping the relationship between the executive and legislature.
This dramatic plunge was caused by improvements in access to vaccination, HIV medication, and clean water.
He’d cut the top tax rate even lower than his brother did.
Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer sought out the poorest of America’s poor. This is how they get by.
States do the vast majority of social spending. It’s not working.
The disaster was as much human-caused as natural.
Mitt Romney’s former domestic policy guru wants to top up poor people’s paychecks. Can it work?
My whole town was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. As my family and I tried to rebuild, we saw the best humanity had to offer — and the worst.
The more confusing the taxes, the bigger the profits.
Researchers have studied the hurricane’s lasting impact.
The other left-of-Hillary candidate lays out his agenda.
A decision against the health law could significantly reshape the relationship between the executive and legislative branches.
In 1820, you had a 94 percent chance of being in extreme poverty. Today it’s 14 percent.
Page thinks innovative companies, not charities, are the best tools for improving the world.
For years, he’s argued that it was the Christian thing to do.