Congress Found An Easy Way To Fix Child Poverty. Then It Walked Away.

Congress Found An Easy Way To Fix Child Poverty. Then It Walked Away.

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images Imagine if the federal government could lift millions of American children out of poverty with a single program. This program would help parents put nutritious meals on the table, pay for school fees and even save for their children’s college – all without negative impact on the economy. You don’t have to … Read more

The Bold New Campaign to “End Poverty in California”

The Bold New Campaign to “End Poverty in California”

People walk in Skid Row after new school supplies were donated to thousands at Fred Jordan Missions, on September 28, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images / Mario Tama) EDITOR’S NOTE:&nbspEach week we cross-post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column at the WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Subscribe to … Read more

What is fuel poverty and how is it defined? Price hike could leave another 1.1m UK households fuel poor

What is fuel poverty and how is it defined? Price hike could leave another 1.1m UK households fuel poor

With household energy bills set to soar in April, there are fears that the sudden hike could plunge millions of people into fuel poverty. Energy industry regulator Ofgem announced today (February 3) that it would increase its energy price cap from £1,277 a year to £1,971. the End Fuel Poverty Coalition says this could tip … Read more

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty

Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a speech in Washington, DC in March 1965 (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. warned in an essay wrote shortly before his assassination on April 4, 1968, that turmoil and growing fear in a deeply unequal and deeply divided country could mean … Read more