The Most Shocking Statistic About Poverty in America Was Probably Wrong All Along

Jordan Weissmann

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The Root Cause of Global Poverty Isn’t a Lack of Food or Education

William Saletan

May 10, 2019 4:37 PM

What Do We Call It When the Rich Displace the Middle Class?

Henry Grabar

May 10, 2019 4:22 PM

The Trump Administration Wants to Muck With the Poverty Line, Making It Harder for Poor People to Get Food Stamps

Jordan Weissmann

May 07, 2019 6:18 PM

Should We Give Cars to the Poor?

Laura Bliss

Feb 11, 2019 3:39 PM

All I Want This Holiday Season Is for This Terrible FCC Proposal to Go Away

Sarah Morris

Dec 27, 2018 10:00 AM

PTO Fundraising Benefits Schools With Rich Families the Most. In Some Districts, Parents Are Sharing the Wealth.

Karen Weese

Nov 26, 2018 5:51 AM

Why Forced Quarantines to Stop the Spread of Disease Are Dangerous

Bina Venkataraman

Oct 18, 2018 12:57 PM

Liberals Abandoned Civil Legal Aid. Now They Need to Bring It Back.

Douglas Grant

Oct 12, 2018 4:33 PM

Tent Fires Are on the Rise in L.A.’s Skid Row

Amy Pollard

July 24, 2018 3:32 PM

Why Bipartisanship Might Be the Real Enemy of a Universal Basic Income

Isaac Chotiner

July 23, 2018 5:45 AM

The White House Says America Has Defeated Poverty. That’s Absurd.

Jordan Weissmann

July 17, 2018 6:05 PM

Universal Basic Income Is Not the Solution to Poverty. So Why Do Lefty Wonks Keep Writing About It Like It Is?

Felix Salmon

July 10, 2018 11:35 AM

Free Cash, No Strings Attached

Alieza Durana

July 10, 2018 5:50 AM

Republicans Are Fixated on Work Requirements for Benefits. This is Part of a Long Policy History Driven by White Racial Resentment.

Rachel Black and Aleta Sprague

June 22, 2018 12:14 PM

Trump’s Work Requirements Will Be Totally Ineffective for Taxpayers and Devastating for Housing Assistance Recipients.

Rebecca Gale

June 20, 2018 11:41 AM

Amazon Has Been Generous to a Seattle Homeless Shelter. Why Is Its Generosity Such a Pain?

April Glaser

May 22, 2018 2:08 PM

They Make Gourmet Products and Pull Women Out of Poverty. Meet the Women’s Bean Project.

Jennifer Oldham

May 22, 2018 10:00 AM

How the Seattle Area Is Solving One of Public Housing’s Biggest Challenges

Rebecca Gale

May 15, 2018 10:00 AM

The Many, Many Ways the Food-Stamp Database Proposed by House Republicans Could Go Wrong

Danielle Citron and David A. Super

May 08, 2018 12:00 PM