“Poverty barely registers as a campaign issue. Just 17 of the 10,489 campaign stories studied addressed poverty in a substantive way. Moreover, none of the eight outlets included a substantive ...

And that’s why the analysis came, that when we’re talking about the issue of poverty, I said, perhaps we need our own indices beyond the $2 or $2.50 cent a day that’s been recommended.

Some 15 percent of the U.S. population lived below the poverty line in 2011, according to a report from the Census Bureau. Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, co-authors of The Rich and the Rest of the ...

With that, “the poverty issue” seemed well on the way toward becoming one of the more emotional components of the 1964 political campaigns. More Must-Reads from TIME.

Big Issue founder Lord John Bird wants the government to appoint a minister of poverty prevention (Picture: Big Issue) ‘When you’ve had so many knocks you don’t know what to do next, so ...

Upon his return to the House Appropriations Committee after an 18-year hiatus, Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has one central focus: fighting poverty in rural counties.

That’s why the Big Issue Group wants the a ‘Poverty Zero’ law to tie the government to eradicating destitution by 2035. John Bird, founder of the Big Issue, said: “Poverty is out of control, and our ...

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