Poverty

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  • In the shadows of the Republican Convention

    The notoriously poor town of Camden, N.J. -- ironically the site of the GOP fete -- is living proof of everything our politicians are ignoring.
  • Unwelcome in America

    With a backyard full of Republicans, Philadelphia poverty activist Cheri Honkala prepares for the fight of her life.
  • The White (House) conference on teens

    Columbine made teenage problems national news -- but kids need community action, not anemic P.R.
  • Elian and Elio

    When will Gloria Estefan and Diane Sawyer stand on their heads for the thousands of children who live with poverty and neglect -- here in the U.S.?
  • World Bank and IMF: Good, evil or irrelevant?

    On the eve of the A16 protests, experts discuss the roles of the international financial organizations and the Seattle protests in this weekend's battle over globalization.
  • Courting the uninsured

    Now that 44 million Americans lack health coverage, suddenly it's an issue that even George W. Bush is concerned about.
  • The invisible poor appear

    Those who have not yet felt the "permanent boom" of the '90s are starting to emerge on the national radar, just as the economy shows signs of slowing down.
  • A child shoots a child

    It isn't about guns; it's about neglect.
  • Made for each other

    Why do residents in a depressed corner of the Midwest keep sending back to Washington the man perhaps least likely to improve their fate?
  • Consumed by consumption

    Shoplifting brand-name jeans is more honest than buying them.
  • The new callousness

    California's Prop. 21 shows that politicians would rather put troubled kids behind bars than rehabilitate them.
  • A ghetto mom talks back

    The New York Times says inner-city youth need "middle-class" parenting. But it's poverty, not bad child-rearing, that holds poor kids back.
  • All mixed up

    Salon presents a special report on multiracial America.
  • Opportunity clicks

    Why President Clinton's plan to wire the poor is a good start.
  • Greedy clicks

    Why President Clinton's new initiative to bring low-income households online could help Silicon Valley's bottom line more than it helps the poor.
  • War of the classes

    Or, why the left should thank Newt Gingrich for being the true friend of the poor.
  • Letters to the editor

    AOL-Time Warner -- a marriage made in hell for consumers. Plus: Curtis Mayfield's unworthy successors; dump the vile David Duke!
  • America's "disappeared"

    Clinton's latest anti-poverty moves won't help the jobless who've been lost from the welfare rolls.
  • Show me the hungry

    George W. Bush calls Jesus his favorite philosopher. But what about all that stuff about poor people?
  • White men can jump

    When Baltimore, which is 65 percent black, chose a white as its next mayor, it marked a watershed event in the evolution of America's racial politics.
  • Puffy and the pontiff

    A worldwide movement to wipe out debt for poor countries is getting some star-studded support this weekend.
  • Triangulation, or strangulation?

    As Rush Limbaugh blasts away, George W. Bush insists he's not running against the GOP Congress.
  • Letters to the Editor

    What's the real smell of Eau de Mac?? Plus: For damn sure Ken Starr has regrets; astonished agreement with Arianna.
  • Monkish secrets

    A plain-spoken man of the cloth tells how he keeps himself from getting busy.
  • Let them eat stock options

    The Democrats and Republicans have shamelessly abandoned the poor.
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