The Poverty Issue
Vol.
No.
6
23
July 2012
Culture
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The Mother of All Girls' Books
The secret subversiveness of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women -
Our Most Widely Ignored Public Intellectuals
Why don't those in power listen to economists Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman? -
How the Gay-Rights Movement Won
Linda Hirshman's new book tries to uncover how the LGBT movement accomplished so much in such a short span of time.
Up Front
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The Democrats' Demographic Dreams
Liberals are counting on population trends to doom Republicans to a long-term minority. They shouldn’t.
Departments
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The Sixties at 50
Half a century later, the battles of the 1960s--and the effects of one great wrong turn by liberals of that time--are still with us.
Features
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Seeing What No One Else Could See
Fifty years ago, Michael Harrington’s The Other America awoke the nation to the prevalence of poverty in its midst. -
The State of Poverty in America
The problem is worse than we thought, but we can solve it. -
Mismeasuring Poverty
The way we determine who needs help blocks many poor people from receiving the assistance they need. -
Where Work Disappears and Dreams Die
In Gary, Indiana—the former “Magic City” of industrial might—jobs have left, and so has almost everything else. -
Creating a Countercyclical Welfare System
Clinton-era reforms mean that our safety net is weakest when we need it most. -
Pressing On the Upward Way
A profile of life in one of the country's poorest counties -
The Geography of Getting By
Vendors in Los Angeles' MacArthur Park fight for their right to sell. -
School for Success
Capital Idea, an innovative long-term job-training program in Austin, helps lift the working poor out of poverty.
