Talk Poverty
SUBSCRIBE
x
x
  • Topics
    • Coronavirus
    • Food Access
    • Criminal Justice System
    • Substance Use
    • Child Welfare System
  • Poverty Data
  • Share Your Story
  • Donate

Feature

A grim jail fence with razor wire and a sign warning that 'no hostages shall exit through this gate.'
Feature

Parole Requirements Stack the Odds Against Indigenous People

Abaki Beck
An Indigenous person raising their fist, dripping with red paint.
Feature

Can Minnesota Deliver Change for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women?

Ray Levy-Uyeda
Gloved hand holding test tubes of blood and urine samples in a lab
Feature

Doctors Drug Test Black and Poor Families at Higher Rates, Risking Family Separation

Elizabeth Brico
A closeup of a kitten being held by a veterinarian
Feature

Most Americans Have Pets. Almost One Third Can’t Afford Their Vet Care.

Carol Mithers
A Black youth wearing a face mask and using a laptop
Feature

The Program to Help Pay for Internet Isn’t Reaching the People Who Need It Most

Bobbi Dempsey
A prison warden in a dark suit in a cellblock hallway.
Feature

Minnesota Will No Longer Take Newborns from Incarcerated Parents

Lizzie Tribone
Feature

Surge in Anti-RV Parking Laws Are a Backdoor Ban on Poor People

Ray Levy-Uyeda
college students in graduation gowns. one cries into a tissue.
Feature

Graduation Is Coming. The Jobs Aren’t.

Finn Dobkin
an instacart shopper kneeling to do a price check in a grocery store
Feature

The Fight for Fair Pay Must Include Independent Contractors

Jonah Goldman Kay
a woman in an orange safety vest standing in a road
Feature

Infrastructure on Reservations is Falling Apart

Stephen Starr
two workers installing solar panels
Feature

Solar Power Cuts Energy Bills, But Few Low-Income People Have Access

Sarah Shemkus
A man in a hat standing in front of a front porch.
Feature

Derrick Fudge Died In a Mass Shooting. His Family Can’t Get Help Because of a Decade-Old Drug Charge.

Stephen Starr

Posts navigation

Older posts

A Project Of:

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Submissions
© 2022 Center for American Progress
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Reuse Policy