Poverty

New political movement rising in Mexico

November 26, 2012 By Tim Pelzer

A new center-left political movement, called the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) has emerged on the Mexican political landscape.

Clergy: “Reject grand bargain, tax the rich”

November 12, 2012 By John Bachtell

Federal budget cuts will devastate social programs, "plunge communities into ruin and destruction, and cost lives."

U.S. gun culture diagnosed as a social disease

September 25, 2012 By Albert Bender

In the wake of the two mass shootings this summer, some American physicians consider this country's gun violence a social disease.

Census Bureau: Poverty rate unchanged, health care coverage improves, income drops

September 17, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

AFL-CIO Pres. Trumka was not surprised by the findings, which back up the federation's emphasis on the drastic impact the recession - known as the Bush Crash - has had on workers and families.

Paterson protestors fight the problem of poverty

September 4, 2012 By Blake Skylar

On Sept. 2, the 21st annual Labor Day Parade took place in Paterson, New Jersey, a former factory town that has been, for decades, plagued with crime, poverty, and substance abuse.