Hurricane Katrina opened the eyes of many to the reality of poverty in America. Will we take responsibility for the poor in our land of plenty?
Poverty
Ted Parks 5-01-2005
The Tennessee Justice Center advocates for the ill - and squares off against the state's health cuts.
Rose Marie Berger, Mark Betz 2-01-2005
While President Bush pledges to reduce poverty through tax reform, the number of low-income Americans-especially the working poor-continues to skyrocket, according to the "Working Hard, Falli
Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 1-01-2005
Book Review: American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare (Viking: 2004).
Julie Polter 12-01-2004
Reading passionately isn't about escaping reality, but about plunging further into it.
Nathan Wilson 6-01-2004
Two distinct audiences will get much out of Lifting Up the Poor: religious activists who want to better understand the complex causes of poverty and communicate more effectively with policymakers about its elimination; and secular activists who want to learn about religious claims
Jim Wallis 7-01-2003
As [Jesus] came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, "If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace!" —Luke 19:41
Rose Marie Berger 5-01-2002
Architecture students at Alabama's Rural Studio raise shelters for the spirit.
Jim Wallis 5-01-2002
For those who care about poverty in America, the coming months are a critical time, a turning point similar to the New Deal of the 1930s or the War on Poverty in the 1960s.