Poverty

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Earnest discussed the Islamic State hostage situation, Mitt Romney and other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Politics

WH thanks Romney for starting GOP anti-poverty debate

January 30, 2015 6:49 pm

Seattle Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch attends a news conference for NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Columnists

NFL tough guys need dads, too

Larry Elder -

January 29, 2015 4:50 pm

Satellite television dishes attached to a row of housing projects in Old Town Alexandria, VA. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Public housing officials won’t verify whether residents are the truly needy

Luke Rosiak -

January 26, 2015 10:00 am

The top 1 percent of people in the world are getting richer and will control more than half of all wealth by 2016, according to a report released by Oxfam Monday.Â (iStock Photo)

Economy

Top 1 percent set to control more than half of world’s wealth next year

Joseph Lawler -

January 19, 2015 2:05 pm

Among other things, conservatives donate more time to charity and give more blood. (iStock)

Op-Eds

America’s high-wage earners give generously

Jiesi Zhao -

January 17, 2015 10:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Features and flaws of the progressive pro-family agenda

Jason Russell -

January 13, 2015 1:53 pm

Poverty, economic inequality, government infrastructure and immigration become the topics of policy debates in 2014. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Reviewing 2014’s domestic policy debates

Jason Russell -

December 27, 2014 10:00 am

A government program designed to ease low-income families off welfare by helping them find work may not increase employment because of loopholes that allow the money to be spent elsewhere. (iStock Photo)

Welfare-to-work programs might not be increasing employment among the poor

Sarah Bedford -

December 23, 2014 8:44 pm

We think we're being guided by reason, but we're being pulled by intuition -- free trade helps everyone. (iStock)

Columnists

Free trade and the delusion of self-sufficiency

Dan Hannan -

December 22, 2014 10:00 am

Columnists

Governing vs. giving

John Stossel -

December 17, 2014 7:09 pm

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Tag: Poverty

WH thanks Romney for starting GOP anti-poverty debate

NFL tough guys need dads, too

Public housing officials won’t verify whether residents are the truly needy

Top 1 percent set to control more than half of world’s wealth next year

America’s high-wage earners give generously

Features and flaws of the progressive pro-family agenda

Reviewing 2014’s domestic policy debates

Welfare-to-work programs might not be increasing employment among the poor

Free trade and the delusion of self-sufficiency

Governing vs. giving

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