According to the Charleston County School District, the Seamless Summer Feeding Program (SSFP) allows schools to provide free summer meals in low-income areas during the traditional summer vacation periods.Full story
Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz has ordered the removal of six city benches. The decision came after a long file of complaints from merchants and residents, saying people were spending long periods of time on those benches soliciting money. The mayor says merchants are concerned aggressive panh Full story
Four formerly homeless men move into their own, brand new homes this week. Full story
The Robin Hood Foundation funds programs to fight poverty, and recently helped raise $80 million. Barry Sternlicht and David Saltzman of the Robin Hood Foundation, offer insight.
Despite the passionate rhetoric and lofty promises from politicians on both sides, too many of our fellow Americans continue to shoulder the heavy burden of poverty. Democratic Mayor Kasim Reed of Atlanta, Director of the Center for Hunger Free communities in Philadelphia Mariana Chilton, Michael Ta
Melissa Harris-Perry’s panel continues the discussion on how to solve poverty in America by examining specific solutions that have been offered by policy makers over the years.
In her “Footnote” segment, Melissa Harris-Perry focuses on Huey Long, the former Louisiana governor who minced no words during the depths of the Great Depression.
Melissa Harris-Perry takes a look at the business of payday loans and several powerful statistics about poverty in America.
A man covers his face as he enters the town council's Social Action office as a volunteer from the pressure group Berri Otxoak takes part in a "Tarjeta Roja A Los Recortes Sociales" protest in the Spanish Basque town of Barakaldo May 20, 2013. According to a media release by Berri Otxoak, the town
Military personnel step over leeks planted by protesters outside the Gobierno Militar building in Bilbao May 13, 2013. According to a media release by the anti-military group Kakitzat, their members planted the vegetables in support of farm workers and members of the Andalusian Union of Workers , w
A man walks out of a booth before casting his vote at a polling station in Sofia May 12, 2013. Bulgarians voted on Sunday in an election forced by protests over poverty and corruption, with expectations of a close result that could leave the poorest European Union country without a working governmen
A polling station official works behind a ballot box at a polling station in Sofia May 12, 2013. Bulgarians voted on Sunday in an election forced by protests over poverty and corruption, with expectations of a close result that could leave the poorest European Union country without a working governm
