Two giant child welfare systems effectively admit the obvious: They confuse poverty with “neglect”
Poverty Archive
Stephen Curry’s Little Girl
One of the surprises of this year’s National Basketball Association season is the blossoming of Stephen Curry into the league’s premier player and perhaps making the Golden State Warriors the best professional basketball team on the planet. The 27-year-old was …
The Affordable Housing Crisis in New York City
In the wake of a $37 million cut to the federal Section 8 voucher program, thousands of enrolled New Yorkers have been forced to move out of their apartments due to an inability to maintain rent payments.
Climate Change and the Exacerbation of Poverty
Two days prior to the United Nations 2014 Climate Summit on September 21, an estimated 310,000 people gathered in New York City for what has been called the largest climate related demonstration in history. U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon marched …
The Cost of the “Precariat”
“Precariat” combines the terms precarious and proletariat to describe the experience of working class individuals facing underemployment at a later age after maintaining employment for most of their lives
Minimum Wage Increase Reflects Changing Value of the Dollar
On June 2, the Seattle City Council voted to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15, which will be fully implemented for large businesses by 2017 and for small businesses by 2021. The multi-year phased process will begin in April …
The Cost of Less Expensive Luxuries and More Expensive Necessities
In the Spotlight Some individuals and families living in poverty in the United States may be able acquire certain material goods that previous generations found completely out of reach. Despite having access to material items like low cost televisions and …
