The government remains shut down, as lawmakers fight over extending healthcare subsidies. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Zeke Emanuel, who helped draft the Affordable Care Act.

The polarization in politics has led to increasing negative scrutiny on poverty and the poor. A recent poll by NPR/Harvard Kennedy School suggested that a majority of Americans believes a lack of ...

The pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church says seeking justice is not optional for the person saved by grace. Tim Keller has strong words for people who do not care about the poor: "All I know is, if ...

We have all at some point had a teacher, parent, boss or pastor pull us aside and say, “We need to talk.” Hearing the words is a message that we have somehow gone wrong. This past week, Pope Leo XIV ...

In January, while the world waited to see what a second Donald Trump Presidency would look like, photos from the Inauguration offered a snapshot of what was to come. Some of the wealthiest people in ...

Things that happen in our childhoods obviously affect us as adults, including how we grew up — poor, middle class, or rich. A Redditor recently asked, "Redditors who grew up in poverty and are now ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Being poor might not be ideal, but it does have some ...

The night before we had prepared 400 parcels and bottles of water. Each parcel had 3kg of rice, noodles, loaves of bread, ...

Being able to work and, more specifically, having financial stability are some of the things that craft a person’s societal “deservingness” for basic respect, understanding, and support, according to ...

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Rev. William Barber II ahead of the Poor People's Campaign march. His book is White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy.