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'The suburbanization of skid row': A new exploration of how today's other...
By Barbara Raab, Senior Producer, NBC NewsFive years after the depth of the Great Recession, at a time when the wealth gap in America is at extremes – a new analysis finds it at its widest point since...
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Ex-labor secretary's film brings income gap to big screen
By Elizabeth Schulze, CNBC From the White House to the classroom, professor Robert Reich has advocated for greater income equality in the United States for more than three decades. Now, he's taking his...
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Rep. Paul Ryan: The War on Poverty has 'failed miserably'
By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC NewsThe War on Poverty, which President Lyndon Johnson declared nearly 50 years ago, has “failed miserably,” House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said...
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Ohio Gov. Kasich links Cleveland serial killings to poverty
Ohio’s Governor John Kasich made some attention-getting comments this week about poverty and poor neighborhoods.
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WIC program support for moms and babies threatened by government shutdown
Low-income mothers, pregnant women, babies and young children who rely on government assistance to purchase food and get health care referrals and nutrition education could see that help cut off now...
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'I know how it is to struggle': A bridge out of poverty
By Robbie Ward, Northeast Mississippi Daily JournalSTARKVILLE, Mississippi – Standing among a crowd recently in rural Oktibbeha County watching youth football games, Sara Moye could have been mistaken...
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Breakfast is served: Free meal programs aim to fight child hunger
Editor's note: This story is one in a series on education issues featured at the 2013 Education Nation summit in New York City on Oct. 6-8. To learn more, please visit EducationNation.com.By Christina...
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Wanted at the Ivys: Needy, high-achieving students
Editor's note: This story is one in a series on education issues featured at the 2013 Education Nation summit in New York City on Oct. 6-8. To learn more, please visit EducationNation.com.
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From low wage to no wage: Shutdown delays pay for VISTA workers
Thousands of Americans who have agreed to live on poverty-level stipends to serve the nation’s poorest are making an even bigger sacrifice. Thanks to the government shutdown, they may have to live on...
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Living on $5,000 a year, on purpose: Meet America's 'intentional poor'
By Nona Willis-Aronowitz, NBC News contributorMore than two decades ago, then-33-year-old Dan Price had a wife, two small children, a high-interest mortgage, and a stressful job as a photojournalist in...
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Many fast food workers living in poverty, analysis finds
Every time you go to a fast-food restaurant, you have a 1 in 5 chance of being served by a worker who’s living in poverty.
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'Abdication of responsibility'? The walk to a better school that puts lives...
By Trymaine Lee, National Writer, msnbc.comPHILADELPHIA— Each morning just before school, Dawn Hawkins and her 13-year-old son Khyrie hold hands, close their eyes and bow their heads.“Be a shield of...
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Idle youth: 15 percent of US young people out of school, work
By Philip Elliott, The Associated PressAlmost 6 million young people are neither in school nor working, according to a study released Monday. That's almost 15 percent of those aged 16 to 24 who have...
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Food stamp benefits going down before the holidays
By Allison Linn, CNBC DigitalMillions of American families could face a sparse holiday table when food stamps benefits get reduced in November, and that could be just the start of deeper cuts to the...
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Is marriage contributing to rising inequality?
By Allison Linn, CNBCForget that old adage, first comes love, then comes marriage. These days, it's more like, first comes college, a good job, maybe a house and a savings account – and then we can...
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'Our members are panicking': Families brace as billions in food stamp cuts...
By Jeff Cox, CNBCBenefit cuts to food stamp recipients kick in Friday, a move by Congress that will siphon $5 billion off a program that helps one in seven Americans put breakfast, lunch and dinner on...
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'Crucial first eight years': Study finds most poor children lag on cognitive...
Only 19 percent of low-income third graders have "age-appropriate cognitive skills," according to a policy report released Monday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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Nation's poor at 49.7M, 1 out of 6 US residents
By Hope Yen, The Associated PressThe number of poor people in America is 3 million higher than the official count, encompassing 1 in 6 residents due to out-of-pocket medical costs and work-related...
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Rags-to-riches tales aren't that common, new study finds
By Allison Linn, CNBC DigitalWant to move up the economic ladder? Go to college, find a spouse who works and try to avoid getting laid off.
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