http://dir.salon.com/topics/poverty/?source=rss&aim=poverty en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT By Frances Kissling Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/04/peter_singer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/04/peter_singer/index.html?source=rss Instead of buying yachts and gilded trash cans, Wall Street's bailout kings could have spent some of their excess cash alleviating poverty. But what about you and me? By Andrew Leonard Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/10/rich_man_poor_man/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/10/rich_man_poor_man/index.html?source=rss Thanks to financial collapse, the widening income gap between rich and poor finally starts to shrink By Cary Tennis Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/21/hope_for_cousin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/21/hope_for_cousin/index.html?source=rss My mother's family is out of control. I'd like to rescue one promising member without being swallowed up By Fiona Ehlers Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/03/23/slumdog/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/03/23/slumdog/index.html?source=rss He was the only man to win the grand prize on India's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" And though he wasn't a slumdog, he has now devoted his life to helping impoverished children. By Nick Turse Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/16/turse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/16/turse/index.html?source=rss The struggle to feed America's nouveau needy. By Cary Tennis Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/20/handyman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/20/handyman/index.html?source=rss This guy in our neighborhood has it rough, but I need to maintain clear boundaries By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/12/03/great_depression/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/12/03/great_depression/index.html?source=rss Now, a 76-year-old California housecleaner has a message for Barack Obama. By Cary Tennis Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/26/charity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/26/charity/index.html?source=rss It's not that I don't believe in helping others. I just don't believe in giving money to people on the street. By Dan Hoyle Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/13/bottom_of_Bush_econ/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/13/bottom_of_Bush_econ/index.html?source=rss From a tent city in Reno to a drug dealer's block in Detroit, I saw how Republican rule has hit those living on the American fringe. By Cary Tennis Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/12/birthday_column/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/12/birthday_column/index.html?source=rss So many things go unasked; so much suffering occurs in silence. By Sarah Hepola Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/29/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/29/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss Before Katrina, all I knew about New Orleans was Bourbon Street clichés. Then I got mugged there and fell for a local boy and the glorious city itself. By Heather Ryan Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/18/heather_ryan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/18/heather_ryan/index.html?source=rss I had a master's degree. I had a job. But to feed my three children, I had to swallow my pride and go to a soup kitchen. By Thomas Rogers Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/07/29/shameless/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/07/29/shameless/index.html?source=rss The deliciously naughty "Shameless" -- starring a young James McAvoy -- is one of the best comedies ever made about urban poverty. By Lynn Harris Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/16/teen_pregnancy_stigma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/16/teen_pregnancy_stigma/index.html?source=rss L.A. Times editorial about young parenthood slams stigma, upends assumptions. By Andrew Leonard Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/20/population_growth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/20/population_growth/index.html?source=rss Family planning can help lead a poor nation to prosperity, but you don't want to miss a crucial demographic window. By Lynn Harris Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/03/04/iraq_women_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/03/04/iraq_women_report/index.html?source=rss Report: Without improvement of conditions for women and families, peace in Iraq will remain "perilously out of reach." By Ruthann Richter Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/11/kenya/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/11/kenya/index.html?source=rss It's not just tribal hatred that's spurring bloodshed in this stratified African nation. By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/04/surrogacy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/04/surrogacy/index.html?source=rss Is selling your baby-making ability empowering if it means escaping extreme poverty? By James Hannaham Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/28/race_poll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/28/race_poll/index.html?source=rss If even most African-Americans believe the black poor are primarily responsible for their own plight, does that make it true? By Andrew Leonard Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/16/new_chinese_poverty_numbers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/16/new_chinese_poverty_numbers/index.html?source=rss The World Bank waves its magic wand, and presto -- 200 million poverty-stricken Chinese appear out of nowhere By Cary Tennis Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/24/poverty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/24/poverty/index.html?source=rss I grew up dirt-poor, so I should be happy that my future husband has money, but I'm mad at him instead! By Tim Shorrock Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/29/gulf_coast/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/29/gulf_coast/index.html?source=rss Many are still struggling on the Gulf Coast. But casino and real estate investors are living large -- thanks to Republican officials. By Cary Tennis Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/21/eating_with_the_poor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/21/eating_with_the_poor/index.html?source=rss We do our Christian charity and then drink mimosas at a fancy hotel up the street. And that just seems so wrong! By Cary Tennis Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/30/racist_ditty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/30/racist_ditty/index.html?source=rss When I was a kid I learned this obnoxious song, and now I can't get rid of it. By Joan Walsh Mon, 04 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/17/elizabeth_edwards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/17/elizabeth_edwards/index.html?source=rss On her confrontation with Ann Coulter, why she backs gay marriage -- and why Edwards is a better choice for women than Hillary Clinton.