Within Jensen's framework (albeit simplified here), I sought the perspective ... background than my own, one who, growing up, lived the experience of Rochester's urban poverty.

these efforts are coming in the midst of decades-long declines in economic poverty. Why are policymakers focused on solving the problem that’s already getting better, rather than the one that ...

The outreach center’s manageable call volume underscores a counterintuitive fact about Philadelphia: While the city has the highest poverty ... is a major one. Outreach is typically the starting point ...

Gray-Garcia talks with Farai Chideya about her life on the streets, which she chronicles in the book Criminal of Poverty ... CHIDEYA: Well, you know, at one point I remember reading in the ...

But one of the most striking signs is the progress we've made in combatting extreme poverty. In honor of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on October 17, Oxford economist ...