poverty

The Rising Political Power of America's Single Women

By The Aspen Institute

How to Improve Your Commute With Apps That Talk to Traffic Lights

By The Aspen Institute

See How Skateboarding Is Changing Native American Youth Culture

By Kenneth Bachor

Why We Don't Talk About Rural Poverty

By The Aspen Institute
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The 'Hijacked' Life of Migrants in Johannesburg

Jonathan Torgovnik’s photographs highlight the squalid conditions facing African migrants in Johannesburg

By Olivier Laurent

Paul Ryan Pushes Republicans to Make Poverty an Issue

The Speaker of the House makes his mark

By Zeke J Miller / Columbia, S.C.

How to Fix Gender Bias in the Sciences

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Great Recession Hit Some Parts of U.S. Harder

These areas saw an increase in poverty and declines in homeownership and income

By Josh Sanburn

Anonymous Couple Drops $500,000 in Salvation Army Kettle

The couple wanted to return the favor after receiving charity earlier in their lives

By Daniel White

A Moving Reason to Set One More Place at Your Thanksgiving Table

Thanksgiving celebrants once added a "silent guest" to their holidays to help feed the hungry

By Lily Rothman

U.S. Has Nearly 565,000 Homeless, Report Says

One-fourth of them are children

By Rishi Iyengar

How Free Press Is the Best Weapon In America's Information War

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Detroit Still America's Poorest Big City

There's no change at the bottom

By Josh Sanburn

Number of Uninsured Americans Drops by 8.8 Million

Officials credited the Affordable Care Act for much of the change

By Nolan Feeney

Here Are 5 Pope Francis Quotes On the Economy and Inequality

He has spoken out against 'the idolatry of money'

By Tom Huddleston, Jr. / Fortune

2 in 5 American Children Spend At Least 1 Year in Poverty

75% of black children have been poor at some point before turning 18

By Tanya Basu

We Are Measuring Childhood Poverty Wrong

Ethnically lumping groups of Asian-Americans together is creating a grave misperception of wealth

By Stephanie Clintonia Boddie / The Conversation

How New Orleans Is Housing Homeless Veterans

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

How Teaching Doctors Better Bedside Manner Will Benefit Patients

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Homicides Spike After Falling for Decades

A study says homicide rates are down. But 2015 rates—especially for gun violence—are very different.

By Tanya Basu
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