Poverty

In this Friday, March 17, 2017, file photo, a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market in Topsham, Maine.

Beltway Confidential

Despite what you may think, the war on poverty worked

November 5, 2018 8:15 pm

News

Trump administration announces drop in veterans’ homelessness

Maria Biery -

November 1, 2018 4:27 pm

News

Leading Democrat: Elizabeth Warren’s DNA results don’t ‘pass the test’ to be Native American

Caitlin Yilek -

October 30, 2018 8:48 pm

View of Times Square, New York City, New York on December 4, 2014. Pedestrians and tourists on street. Nasdaq billboard in view in front of Conde Nast building.

Op-Eds

Want to end poverty? Promote capitalism, not socialism

Jesse Hathaway -

October 28, 2018 4:00 am

Teacher Zara Gibbon gestures while teaching a group of incoming sixth-graders at Animo Westside Charter Middle School during a summer session to introduce new students to the school they will attend in the fall, in the Playa Del Rey area of Los Angeles.

Education

How charter schools make their grads successful in college

Bruno Manno -

October 25, 2018 12:30 pm

Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, walks to speak with reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 13, 2017.

Healthcare

Trump administration health chief defends Medicaid work rules in Arkansas

Robert King -

October 2, 2018 2:50 pm

Education

Millennials do something right: Wait to get married and stay married

John Patrick -

September 26, 2018 10:23 pm

Many researchers see a flaw in the official income and poverty rate, namely that it only counts cash income and excludes some of the in-kind government benefits that have grown in recent years, such as food stamps. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Economy

Incomes hit new record high and poverty fell to pre-recession low in 2017

Joseph Lawler -

September 12, 2018 2:27 pm

In this 2002 photo, Aluniya Ngulube gathers corn from the scene of an accident where a truck carrying corn had spilled its load on a road in Mumpansha, Zambia.

Economy

How progressive neo-colonialism seeks to keep Africans in poverty

Will Coggin -

August 30, 2018 4:00 am

Immigration

Millennials should heed Laura Ingraham’s warning on immigration

Eduardo Neret -

August 13, 2018 7:39 pm

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