Top Features
Infographic: Tax Breaks vs. Budget Cuts
Donna Cooper explains why tax breaks should get just as much scrutiny during the budget process as other items.
The Case for State Food Action Plans
Joel Berg and Joy Moses on food action plans and bringing states closer to reaching hunger and obesity-reduction goals.
Two Sides of the Same Coin
Ensuring children and their parents have the nutritional and health support they need is an investment in a more prosperous future, writes Alexandra Cawthorne.
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
Harry Holzer explains why we need a set of policy responses to mitigate the effects of the Great Recession on parents and their children.
Low-Income Fathers Need to Get Connected
Report from Joy Moses shows how helping low-income fathers will benefit children and families.Other Poverty & Mobility Features
February 1, 2012
House Strip Club Vote Misses the Point
Melissa Boteach examines an unfortunate and cynical upcoming vote on banning aid from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program from being spent at strip clubs.
January 27, 2012
Three Things You Need to Know About the Earned Income Tax Credit This Year
Katie Wright explains what’s at stake this year for low-income families and our economy should expansions to important tax credits expire.
January 17, 2012
Curbing Inequality
Alan Krueger, chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, spoke at an event about growing differences between income groups.
January 13, 2012
Inequality in 2012 by the Numbers
A look at the current data on inequality suggests we have some work to do if we’re to realize Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of an America that gives equal opportunity to all its citizens.
November 17, 2011
Killing the American Dream
Joy Moses and John Craig presents the five dream killers aimed at gutting federal programs that if enacted would lock our nation’s poor in poverty.
October 20, 2011
Fighting the War on Poverty with Early Childhood Education
Jennifer Rokosa recommends that Congress boost funding for federal programs with a track record of bringing kids out of poverty and helping them become successful.
October 20, 2011
Occupying Wall Street Together
Joy Moses and Jasmin Jones note that people of color’s participation within the movement benefits them and the cause.
October 13, 2011
Childhood Obesity by the Numbers
A look at the growing problem of childhood obesity and the costs it inflicts on our society.
October 5, 2011
Young People Have a Stake in the Future of the Economy
The latest poverty numbers show that the Millennial generation is struggling in today’s economy, and must take a stand for themselves to ensure a prosperous future, writes Jasmin Jones.
October 5, 2011