Poverty

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  • Pregnant and poor in Mississippi

    Mississippi law limits abortion to the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. But for poor women short on time and money, that can be an impossible deadline.
    By Sharon Lerner July 2, 2007

  • I saw John Edwards in the shampoo aisle

    Yes, the presidential hopeful got two overpriced haircuts -- but when he's at home he goes to the local grocery store like everyone else.
    By Erik Ose April 27, 2007

  • Will China's poverty reduction kill the planet?

    Number of extreme poor: Down, down, down. Number of coal-fired power plants: Up, up, up.
    By Andrew Leonard April 19, 2007

  • John Edwards live

    Whatever the outcome of his presidential campaign, this time around Edwards won't regret being an overly cautious candidate.
    By Walter Shapiro April 6, 2007

  • Buy skin cream, purchase a dream

    Fair and Lovely: Hope in a bottle for the Indian sweeper woman? A reader writes
    By Andrew Leonard February 14, 2007

  • Race, poverty and skin-whitener

    Does marketing "Fair and Lovely" skin cream in India empower the poor?
    By Andrew Leonard February 13, 2007

  • Not in my backyard, either

    After the poor kids next door took advantage of me, I felt sympathy for the people of Houston, who've suffered crime and violence because of struggling Katrina exiles.
    By Debra J. Dickerson December 18, 2006

  • A mother's love

    My adopted son, already the father of three, faces a future of dead-end jobs and near poverty. What do I owe him and my unexpected, fragile grandchildren?
    By Sallie Tisdale November 29, 2006

  • The return of the forest

    Trees are making a comeback. Unless we decide to chop them all down again.
    By Andrew Leonard November 14, 2006

  • Hatching a plan

    Anonymous baby hatches save the lives of unwanted infants -- but what about those infants' desperate mothers?
    By Carol Lloyd November 9, 2006

  • Great expectations

    It may be naive, but Bill Clinton's initiative to solve the planet's biggest problems is raising the prospect of a world where America can lead again.
    By Joe Conason September 22, 2006

  • Streets of ire

    This summer, cities across the U.S. have reported frightening surges in youth violence. After a decade-long reprieve, what's gone wrong?
    By Sarah Karnasiewicz August 25, 2006

  • Jicama in the 'hood

    Legislators and local food activists are fighting to get healthy, organic food into the nation's poorest neighborhoods.
    By Tracie McMillan August 2, 2006

  • Fun with World Bank numbers

    A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon we're talking real poverty
    By Andrew Leonard July 7, 2006

  • Locking out New Orleans' poor

    Almost a year after Katrina, public housing residents can't return home. Critics blame government negligence -- and hushed plans for big redevelopment.
    By Bill Sasser June 12, 2006

  • Rich land, poor land

    An interview with David Warsh, author of "Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations."
    By Andrew Leonard June 1, 2006

  • Duke exposed

    The rape allegations against the university's lacrosse team have laid bare racial tensions in Durham, and united town and gown against the same target: The "privileged."
    By Alice Bumgarner April 4, 2006

  • Tell it on the mountain

    A powerful new book of photos and oral histories documents the ravaged lives of West Virginia's coal miners.
    By Sarah Karnasiewicz March 23, 2006

  • What's in your wallet?

    A new Federal Reserve report shows an after-inflation drop in average family incomes.
    By Tim Grieve February 23, 2006

  • Rescuing Jesus

    Bush & Co. have hijacked Jesus, using him as the poster child for their callous worldview. It's time to rescue Christ from his kidnappers.
    By Alessandro Camon October 7, 2005

  • Are babies not equally innocent?

    Bill Bennett's statement about blacks and crime shows that we have not yet achieved America's greatest value: Equality.
    By Cecelie S. Berry September 30, 2005

  • Race, poverty and the president

    Hurricane Katrina has forced George W. Bush to see problems he has long ignored. What is he going to do about them?
    By T.G. September 16, 2005

  • Breach of a myth

    After Katrina, the country no longer believes in Bush the protector. His presidency is ruined.
    By Sidney Blumenthal September 15, 2005

  • "What didn't go right?"

    President Bush's absurd question underscores the arrogance of an administration whose "limited government" agenda is responsible for the disastrous federal response to Katrina.
    By Sidney Blumenthal September 8, 2005

  • Dreams unrealized

    The nearly uniform complexion of New Orleans' victims is as clear an illustration of the failure of the civil rights movement as anything I've ever seen as an attorney for the poor in the city.
    By Billy Sothern September 4, 2005
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