Poverty

Welfare rewind

Welfare rewind

Poverty |  GOP lawmakers try to stop the Obama administration's rewrite of welfare work requirements

The brief, happy life of welfare reform

The brief, happy life of welfare reform

Poverty |  Back in the days of Bill Clinton, I got my news from National Public Radio and Rush Limbaugh. It was an interesting balance: What one covered the other…

Teaching 'Yankees' how to love

Teaching 'Yankees' how to love

Poverty |  When Lucious Newsom died in 2008, his Indianapolis vision seemed destined to die with him. Newsom, a friend of governors and mayors, fed the hungry from the…

Breaking the cultural barriers to college

Breaking the cultural barriers to college

Poverty |  The first in her family to go to college, Jaye Fenderson wanted to help others break through that barrier. But instead of churning out just another research…

Homeless hotspots in Austin

Homeless hotspots in Austin

Poverty |  A marketing stunt that paid homeless people to carry Wi-Fi signals during the South By Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas, is drawing widespread criticism.

To whom much is given

To whom much is given

Poverty |  There used to be a phrase: "the worthy poor." It dates back to Victorian times, if not before-the idea that some were poor through unfortunate circumstances,

An artful solution to hunger

An artful solution to hunger

Poverty |  Many churches stock food pantries with donated goods from parishioners to help meet community needs, especially during the holidays. Sustaining a food bank…

Teaching long-term kingdom thinking

Teaching long-term kingdom thinking

Poverty |  If you want to radically change the lives of men and women in low-income neighborhoods, then emphasize the kingdom in your teaching. Over the past few years…

Friends on both sides

Friends on both sides

Poverty |  The left wants more taxes and bigger government. The right wants less of both. Mississippi civil rights pioneer John M. Perkins has friends on both sides of…

Conservatives for the oppressed

Conservatives for the oppressed

Poverty |  Upon the death of England's good King Edward VI in 1553, the Scottish Reformer John Knox confessed his and his nation's sins. He saw these as related to God's…

Jesus the socialist

Jesus the socialist

Poverty |  The Washington Post "On Faith" column gives space to writers of all religious persuasions, including atheist Gregory Paul. I guess that makes sense if he…

Save the poor from their 'friends'

Save the poor from their 'friends'

Poverty |  The poor in America (whoever exactly that is) have many friends in Washington D.C. But that is part of their problem. When your friends are powerful and…

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