poverty
May 31, 2005 -
Check out this post by Andrew Dobbs of Burnt Orange Report on how Texas Republicans treat the poor both as their "punching bag" and as "their personal ATM" (how versatile these poor folks are!):
April 14, 2005 -
Think that the residents of Southern red states like North Carolina don't want the government to do more about poverty? Think again.
April 7, 2005 -
The St. Petersburg Times reports on how the Hillsborough County (Florida) commission has voted to ban three-time felons from an indigent health care program run by the county. The health plan has fallen into financial crisis, and the change was presented as a way to cut costs.
March 1, 1996 -
Wall Street wants more poor people to carry on a great American tradition — going into debt.
August 1, 1994 -
Mississippi bets floating casinos will pay off in jobs and taxes, but the wager has also raised rents and highway deaths.
March 1, 1994 -
A chalky white clay called kaolin is used to coat the cover of this magazine and to make hundreds of other products. So why are people in kaolin-rich counties in Georgia so poor?
October 1, 1993 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 21 No. 3, "Poverty, Inc." Find more from that issue here.
