Poverty

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

From demoralized to remoralized Republicans

Compassion |  Readers sent me some thoughtful suggestions in response to my question about re-branding “compassionate conservatism.” (I suggested a nomenclature change…

A family is Zambia is now protected from malaria after receiving insecticide-treated bed nets from World Vision.

The perfect gift

Christmas |  Most people who haven't finished their shopping are starting to worry about what gifts to give a friend, relative, or spouse. Quick, what did you give or…

<em>New York Times</em> columnist Nicholas Kristof

‘Soul-crushing dependency’

Poverty |  When New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof gets out and reports, he learns that reality differs from what his fellow Times columnists (and sometimes Kristof…

Jonah Goldberg

C.C. Lazarus awakens

Compassion |  Could compassionate conservatism, mostly dead from 2002 to 2008 and dodo-dead since then, have a return engagement? Columnist Jonah Goldberg last week wrote,

TOP CHEFS: Brian and Eric at Victory Trade School.
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Hope for the poor

Effective Compassion |  Poverty in the United States is at a two decade high, but local groups that connect work and faith to charity provide lasting relief

ON THE RIGHT PATH: Jones.
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What children live by

Lifestyle |  WORLD follows up with mother who, for the sake of her children, made it her mission to get off and stay off welfare

U.S. poverty rate unchanged; record numbers persist

U.S. poverty rate unchanged; record numbers persist

Poverty |  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Census Bureau reports the number of Americans in poverty stood at 15 percent in 2011. About 46.2 million people, or nearly 1 in 6, were…

Men at Salvation Army soup kitchen in 1934
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Clinical repression

Healthcare |  Will Washington harm community-based charity, again?

Dr. Kim with a patient at Beacon Christian Community Health Center
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Calling the shots

Healthcare |  Independent Christian clinics may soon have to decide whether to accept government funding. Is the price of federal money too high?

Bethesda Health Center executive director Wendy Mateo-Pascual
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Spotlight on Charlotte

Healthcare |  I moved to Charlotte in 2007. The job market boomed. People moved there from around the country, energizing the city. The influx of new residents meant that…

Patti Price puts away food in the Food Pantry at Hope Clinic in Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Networks of care

Healthcare |  Formal and informal groups of healthcare providers are keeping the poor from missing the safety net

A yoga class at Shepherd’s Clinic in Baltimore
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On the road

Healthcare |  By bus, train, and car this summer, I visited medical clinics in a dozen cities, then walked the neighborhoods around the clinics. The first stop was small -

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