Poverty

The NISVS survey and CDC report reach beyond mere numbers and is the first national study to ask questions designed to illuminate some of the context of victimization.

It's official: Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Republicans in the Oklahoma Legislature don't care about the working poor or their children.

Excess wealth, widespread poverty, and inequality are all poisonous to our nation. These poisons threaten our economy, our democratic process, academic integrity, our justice system and our culture.

While saving money is recommended for financial stability, doing so has become more difficult for the working class as the divide between rich and poor deepens

Despite mass media attention to the War on Poverty at 50, its centerpiece, the Community Action Program, is ignored.

In ‘Imagine Living in a Socialist USA,’ Frances Fox Piven argues that the guarantee of a universal income would facilitate a new economic fairness and stability to a financial …

Poverty has been identified as a factor in lower IQ and psychiatric disorders. What can this tell us about public policy and the minimum wage?

The pilfering of assets of low-income Americans results from the interaction of several nasty features of Obamacare.

You may comment on updated processes proposed to boost the National Labor Relations Board, which looks out for workers, says Ellen Dannin.

President Obama signed an executive order on Wednesday raising the minimum wage for some federally contracted workers to $10.10.