Let’s get it straight — Poverty is not a character flaw
Editor’s Note: This is the first column in a six-part series under the theme “Poverty is math problem (and so...
Is America at war against its poor?
Today, the lines are blurring between the middle class, the working poor and those unable to find work. The housing crisis, the...
Solutions to poverty sidetracked by partisan squabbling
To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health and infrastructure — those are...
U.S. media continue to ignore or misrepresent poverty
It is our moral failure that we still tolerate poverty. —Ela Bhatt Something more fundamental than household economics may be...
America is still two nations with a dual economy
In the group that has been here longer, white Americans dominate both the FTE sector and the low-wage sector, while...
The ghost of Rondo still haunts I-94
Rondo Commemorative Plaza During the three-year life of this column, I have focused on the subjects of gentrification and community...
We are not seeing real progress in addressing poverty
In 2011, following the release of the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, Minnesota Compass published a statistical profile titled...
When do we say “Enough is enough?”
The persistence of racial disparities in our healthcare system (MGN Online) When you allow racial disparity and institutional inequity to...
Documentary film highlights effects of ‘hyper’ gentrification
First of a two-part column The disposition to admire and almost worship the rich and powerful, and to despise, or,...
Will history judge honorable our treatment of the poor?
…Whatever thoughts we have about God, who he is, or even if God exists, most would agree that God has...
Poverty and place: How where we grow up matters
Across the United States, the likelihood that poor children will eventually rise into the middle class or beyond depends heavily...
As threat of poverty grows, we must continue the fight against it
Social-inequality trends over the past half century indicate that class divisions are growing more rigid, most are getting worse off,...
More poor seniors a calamity in the making
After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior...
Teenage obesity continues to rise
Low-income households tend to be rich in empty calories This is what people don’t understand: Obesity is a symptom of...
New training facility will improve state’s energy conservation
Although its roots extend back to at least the 19th Century with the founding of the Sierra Club in San...
Reports of declining U.S. poverty don’t tell the whole story
The official measure is outdated, and doesn’t take important economic realities into account. Are those with incomes slightly above the...
Cost-burdened families stuck on a treadmill to nowhere
In his famous 1960 essay “Fifth Avenue, Uptown,” legendary author, activist and expatriate James Baldwin wrote that “Anyone who has...
The disparate economic conditions between men and women
It was 1978 when Dr. Diana Pearce, who is currently the director of the University of Washington’s Center for Women’s...
The ever-present threat of gentrification and persistent lack of affordable housing
On a handful of occasions I have used this column to discuss the issue of affordable housing, as well as...
Quindaro, Kansas: a symbol of American urban decline
In one of the northernmost points of Kansas City, Kansas — nestled in between the Missouri River to the north...
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