war on poverty Homelessness has killed five times as many Angelenos as murder Thom Dunn

poverty Check out the flophouses and destitution of New York City's Bowery in 1956 Mark Frauenfelder

poverty This 1970 documentary shows dirty old New York at its meanest and most decrepit Mark Frauenfelder

community organizing A beautiful new village for people dealing with homelessness has popped up beneath a bridge in West Oakland Thom Dunn

givedirectly How UBI is helping farmers deal with poverty and pandemic life at the same time Thom Dunn

cash-advance Raising money for a UBI fund that helps families affected COVID-19 Thom Dunn

social security Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

criminalizing poverty Bernie Sanders drops truths on the Senate floor about the Coronavirus Stimulus Package Thom Dunn

food stamps Trump to kick 700,000 Americans off food stamps just in time for holiday cruelty display Xeni Jardin

War on the poor Minnesota high school threw away hot lunches for students with over $15 of lunch debt Mark Frauenfelder

elizabeth anderson How America's hatred of poor people ties back to Puritan work ethic Thom Dunn

cherry hill NJ school district bans indebted students from prom and field trips, refuses offer to pay off lunch debt Cory Doctorow

mobile internet Pew: 26% of US adults who earn under $30K/year are 'smartphone only' internet users Xeni Jardin

medicaid expansion Obamacare study: 25% decline in home delinquencies among newly insured poor people Cory Doctorow

poverty UN poverty envoy calls UK poverty a "political choice" that inflicted "great misery" Cory Doctorow

Myan Médecins Sans Frontières is on the front lines of the Mexican drug war Séamus Bellamy

social work Brazil's ambitious anti-poverty initiative engages its youngest citizens Andrea James

everyone shrugs back at atlas Extreme poverty is on the decline, extreme inequality is on the rise Cory Doctorow

have and have-nots Poverty grounds for separating kids from their families in Canada Séamus Bellamy

Kila Concert: Kíla – Live at Vicar Street Séamus Bellamy