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by Kenneth Braswell onApril 3, 2013
African Americans are still impoverished nearly 30 years after a controversial report inspired the phrase "blaming the victim," Kenneth Braswell writes at Ebony.
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by William Julius Wilson onJanuary 9, 2013
Scholar William Julius Wilson tells us what it will take for more blacks and the poor to have jobs.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 17, 2012
In today's link roundup: Research suggests that things aren't as bad as we thought when it comes to poverty. Plus: Ten most religious athletes.
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September 12, 2012
New data on the issue, which many say is underaddressed, are available today from the Census Bureau.
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by Steven Gray onApril 25, 2012
A new book by the duo tries to make poverty an issue for the 2012 election.
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by Meizhu Lui onApril 6, 2011
Black households with children have just 4 percent of the wealth of whites. This widening divide has a profound impact on opportunities for kids -- and America's future, says the director of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development.
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by Sheryl Huggins Salomon onJanuary 6, 2011
A second look at census data reveals some surprises about seniors and African Americans.
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September 16, 2010
Hot on the heels of just-released statistics about America's staggering poverty problem, President Obama released a tepid statement attempting to hype health-care reform and his infrastructure plan.
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by Nsenga Burton onSeptember 16, 2010
43.6 million Americans are living in poverty.
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by Katti Gray onMarch 16, 2010
Among the deprived are 1 percent of blacks in several Southern states. Meet one community.
