poverty

Revolutionary Optimists

Sandip Roy — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:45:00 +0000

Whenever I hear the words film, slum, Kolkata my heart sinks a little. Whether it’s an Oscar winning documentary or a feature film, it always feels a little queasy – the poor as the object of pity.

Postcard from the edge of the Republican National Convention

Nishat Kurwa — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:58:21 +0000

Twenty-nine-year-old Mandy Santiago is at the edge of poverty, and on the fringes of this week’s convention in Tampa, Florida. She makes her living, for now, standing on street corners selling the Epoch Newspaper, with her husband and two small children in tow.

Today on Your Call: What will it take to reverse the trend of deep poverty in the United States?

Ali Budner — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:00:00 +0000

On today's Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with Peter Edelman, author of So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America. The latest census data shows that 46 million Americans ae now living in poverty.

Today on Your Call: Confronting poverty

Malihe Razazan — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:58:41 +0000

On today’s Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with Barbara Ehrenreich, one of the country's foremost investigative journalists and author of many bestselling books, including Nickel and Dimed. We'll speak with Ehrenreich about her newly launched Economic Hardship Reporting Project, which was formed to help move the crisis of poverty and economic disparities to the center of our national conversation.

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Confronting Inequality: Barbara Ehrenreich + Smiley & West

Matt Martin — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:42:47 +0000

On Monday morning from 10 to Noon, tune to 91.7FM for two hours of critical conversation about rising poverty and inequality in the U.S., its effects on our society and democracy, and how we can take action.