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In the World

Ryan gives a speech, ostensibly about poverty

Oct 25, 2012 by Steve Thorngate

First of all, I'm genuinely glad to see Paul Ryan talking at length about poverty, as he did in a speech yesterday. I'm guessing that makes him second only to John Edwards in terms of how much verbage a recent presidential candidate has given the issue.

Features

The poor are still with us

Peter Edelman, policy advocate

Nov 05, 2012 by Amy Frykholm

"I don't think we have laid the ground for a national conversation on poverty. People just don't know the facts."

In the World

Welfare reform worked, just not for the people who need welfare

Aug 26, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

This week marks the 15th anniversary of welfare reform, in which a Republican Congress and a re-election-focused Democratic president got together to fulfill the latter's promise to "end welfare as we know it."