http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/PovertyFind stories, videos, and photos about Poverty from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:43:31 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Poverty14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Poverty from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/18/climate.change.women/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/18/climate.change.women/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn the steep, dusty slopes of the Chacaltaya mountains, thousands of meters above sea level in the Bolivian Andes, the hardy farmers tending root crops or herding llamas have no need of scientists or climatologists to measure the impact of global warming.Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:47:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/13/news/international/china_africa_apartheid.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/13/news/international/china_africa_apartheid.fortune/index.htmThere's an irony afoot on the African continent. After years of state control of their economies, African governments are opening up to foreign business as never before.Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:08:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/10/news/economy/poverty_state/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/10/news/economy/poverty_state/index.htmThe poverty rate rose last year to 13.2%, the highest level since 1997, said a report released Thursday.Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/09/guatemala.calamity/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/09/guatemala.calamity/index.html#cnnSTCTextGuatemalan President Alvaro Colom has declared a state of national calamity because so many citizens do not have food or proper nutrition.Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/22/united.nations.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/22/united.nations.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe world may be facing a deep recession but the United Nations says it needs a record $4.8 billion more in humanitarian aid for 2009 because several crisis situations "deteriorated significantly" in the first half of the year.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/10/king.sotu.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/10/king.sotu.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTextCarl Walls speaks softly and humbly.Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/07/Obama.LBJ/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/07/Obama.LBJ/index.html#cnnSTCText"Who controls the past controls the future."Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/20/sachs.global.poverty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/20/sachs.global.poverty/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe G-20 meeting in London, England, on April 2 will be watched by the entire world with urgency and with a yearning for hope, vision and programmatic clarity.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/eco.bamboo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/eco.bamboo/index.html#cnnSTCTextBamboo may prove to be more than the food staple for the giant panda. Considered to be the world's fastest-growing woody plant, it could be a key component in lifting thousands of people in the developing world out of poverty.Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/18/hungry.kids/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/18/hungry.kids/index.html#cnnSTCTextAlmost 700,000 U.S. children lived in households that struggled to put food on the table at some point in 2007, the highest number since 1998, according to a federal report.Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/03/john.legend.mwadawa.ruziga/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/03/john.legend.mwadawa.ruziga/index.html#cnnSTCTextMoved by a 2007 trip to Ghana, singer/songwriter John Legend joined the fight to end extreme poverty in his lifetime. And based on his experiences in poor, rural areas of Africa, he says, real change is possible.Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/27/zimbabwe.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/27/zimbabwe.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextZimbabwe urgently needs to form a new government in order to address a food crisis in the nation and prevent starvation, newly designated Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told reporters Saturday.Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:03:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1836690,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1836690,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsGovernment data painted a bleak economic picture for Michigan, where the auto industry's downward plunge has rippled across the stateWed, 27 Aug 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/19/bolivia.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/19/bolivia.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive of Bolivia's nine states staged a civic strike Tuesday, protesting against President Evo Morales and demanding a larger share of the country's natural gas revenues.Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/india.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/india.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne out of every three families living below the poverty level in India paid a bribe last year for basic public services, like admitting a family member into a hospital, according to a new report.Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:46:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1813924,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1813924,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe percentage of underweight babies born in the U.S. has increased to its highest rate in 40 years, according to a new report that also documents a recent rise in the number of children living in povertyThu, 12 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/22/food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/22/food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe world's poorest countries could pay 40 percent more for food this year than they did last year because of rising prices, according to a United Nations report released Thursday.Fri, 23 May 2008 00:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/22/grameen.bank/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/22/grameen.bank/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bank operating on a concept that has lifted thousands of people out of grinding poverty in the developing world has set its sights on helping the poverty-stricken in America.Thu, 22 May 2008 11:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/14/world.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/14/world.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextRiots from Haiti to Bangladesh to Egypt over the soaring costs of basic foods have brought the issue to a boiling point and catapulted it to the forefront of the world's attention, the head of an agency focused on global development said Monday.Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/12/ww.klein/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/12/ww.klein/index.html#cnnSTCTextNaomi Klein's 2000 book "No Logo" galvanized a generation to resist the lure of brands and corporatization. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1656920,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1656920,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe nation's poverty rate dropped last year, the first significant decline since President Bush took officeTue, 28 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/28/news/economy/census_incomepoverty_stats/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/28/news/economy/census_incomepoverty_stats/index.htmHousehold income crept higher and the poverty rate edged lower last year, the government said Tuesday, while the number of Americans without health insurance rose by 2.2 million to 47 million people.Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/06/08/waters.commentary/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/06/08/waters.commentary/index.htmlOne dollar. It's the cost of a New York Times, less than half a cup of coffee at Starbucks. These days it's a paltry sum. Even less when you consider that right now, a billion people are struggling to survive on less than one dollar a day. This is what defines "extreme poverty."Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/17/wolfowitz.statement/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/17/wolfowitz.statement/index.htmlWorld Bank President Paul Wolfowitz issued this statement Thursday:Thu, 17 May 2007 22:29:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399198/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399198/index.htmAlong a dirt road in Bangladesh's green, fertile heartland, 140 miles northwest of Dhaka, workers in flip-flops are hauling bricks, pouring cement and hammering boards. The object of their labor: a... Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/14/shubert.hospital/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/14/shubert.hospital/index.htmlThe kidney dialysis unit of the public hospital in Nablus is running at capacity: four shifts a day serving nearly 100 patients. It would be a difficult task for any hospital. More so for one that has little money to pay its staff or buy fresh medical supplies.Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:30:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/16/8390329/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/16/8390329/index.htmForget billion-dollar development projects. When Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus surveyed a poor village in the mid-1970s and found that all the money borrowed totaled just $27, he set out to ... Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/10/01/brazil.elections/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/10/01/brazil.elections/index.htmlBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fell short of outright re-election but will head into an October 29 runoff leading his closest rival.Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/poverty.clinton/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/poverty.clinton/index.htmlIt all started with $50. In 1988, that's what it took Noni Bala Ghosh to revive her family's business of making sweets to sell in Kholshi, her tiny village in Bangladesh.Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/31/poverty.emails/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/31/poverty.emails/index.htmlAs part of an upcoming "CNN Presents" on poverty, CNN.com asked its readers to imagine they had $10 million dollars to give away to help end poverty.Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/29/poverty.health/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/29/poverty.health/index.htmlPoverty in the United States increased 20 percent between 2000 and 2004, census numbers show. And although the trend stalled in 2005, researchers worry poverty will have profound effects on public health in this country.Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:29:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/07/news/international/karzai.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/07/news/international/karzai.fortune/index.htmAfghanistan President Hamid Karzai has strongly suggested he will serve just one term as Afghan leader and not contest his country's next presidential election scheduled for 2009. In an exclusive interview with Fortune, the 49-year-old Karzai said, "I don't think it is good to be running all the time. Let other people get a chance to run."Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/20/dobbs.june21/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/20/dobbs.june21/index.htmlWithout much fanfare, the House of Representatives last week voted to give members of Congress yet another pay raise, as it has done almost every year for nearly a decade.Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:46:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/01/8375441/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/01/8375441/index.htmEver since Republican Governor Mitt Romney got his plan for universal health coverage through Massachusetts's Democratic legislature in early April, it has been hailed as a breakthrough - and as th... Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/16/youth.inhalants/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/16/youth.inhalants/index.htmlKids who try to get high by sniffing glue, lighter fluid and other chemicals are more likely to be white and come from families that make more than double the poverty level, according to a federal study.Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:34:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/13/commentary/everyday/sahadi/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/13/commentary/everyday/sahadi/index.htmNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Talk about too much choice.Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:35:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/29/news/economy/poverty_stats/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/29/news/economy/poverty_stats/index.htmNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Roughly 12.5 percent of the U.S. population is living in poverty, according to data released recently from the Census Bureau.Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:10:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/01/news/economy/individual_development_accounts/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/01/news/economy/individual_development_accounts/index.htmShortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Carmen Kelley was worried.Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/live8.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/live8.main/index.htmlMillions were gathering at concert venues across the world Saturday for a massive musical effort to focus attention on global poverty.Sat, 02 Jul 2005 11:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/03/native.americans/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/03/native.americans/index.htmlAmerican Indian tribes, now flush with tremendous casino wealth, may be the most intriguing new political force in America today.Tue, 03 May 2005 21:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/04/01/8256501/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/04/01/8256501/index.htmFor nearly 20 years, Martha Bear Quiver dreamed of owning a home on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana, but she was repeatedly turned down for a mortgage because she couldn't make ...Fri, 01 Apr 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/31/worldbank.wolfowitz/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/31/worldbank.wolfowitz/index.htmlThe World Bank board is expected to approve Paul Wolfowitz as its leader one day after the deputy defense secretary received the support of the European Union.Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/30/eu.wolfowitz/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/30/eu.wolfowitz/index.htmlThe European Commission says it is satisfied with commitments made by Paul Wolfowitz during talks in Brussels, and Germany said it expected EU states to back him as president of the World Bank.Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/27/davos.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/27/davos.main/index.htmlUK Prime Minister Tony Blair, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and rock star Bono joined forces Thursday in Davos an attempt to focus the world spotlight on the plight of Africa.Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/03/catastrophe.tm/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/03/catastrophe.tm/index.htmlThough the epicenter of last week's disaster was in the Indian Ocean, the devastating toll was felt worldwide.Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:20:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/22/news/economy/poverty_overview/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/22/news/economy/poverty_overview/index.htmPoverty and hunger are problems that many Americans relegate to the Third World. But the steady growth of poverty has left millions of American families afraid they won't have enough money to put food on the table.Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:09:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/16/news/economy/poverty_corporate/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/16/news/economy/poverty_corporate/index.htmBeing poor doesn't mean being jobless, said a recent Challenger, Gray & Christmas report that found more and more working families are living at or below the poverty line.Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:59:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/09/news/economy/poverty_corporate/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/09/news/economy/poverty_corporate/index.htmBeing poor doesn't mean being jobless, said a recent Challenger, Gray & Christmas report that found more and more working families are living at or below the poverty line.Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/13/child.poverty/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/13/child.poverty/index.htmlA new UNICEF report finds that millions of children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia still live in poverty, despite economic progress being made in the region.Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:56:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/09/01/8184662/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/09/01/8184662/index.htmEvery year or three in Washington, partisans battle over the minimum wage in a contest as stylized as sumo wrestling and no less ferocious. Democrats traditionally argue that lifting the wage floor...Wed, 01 Sep 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/30/quest.ohio/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/30/quest.ohio/index.htmlIt has been said many times, but repetition does not diminish its importance. In the race for the White House, the state of Ohio has taken on an importance quite out of proportion.Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:49:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/08/26/news/economy/poverty_survey/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/08/26/news/economy/poverty_survey/index.htmThe number of Americans living in poverty jumped to 35.9 million last year, up by 1.3 million, while the number of those without health care insurance rose to 45 million from 43.6 million in 2002, the U.S. government said in a report Thursday.Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/07/13/aids.conference/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/07/13/aids.conference/index.htmlFrance accused the United States of "blackmail" tactics to pressure poor countries into ceding rights to make cheap generic HIV drugs, while the AIDS Conference issued a stirring call Monday to get more medicine to millions of needy in the developing world.Tue, 13 Jul 2004 04:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/01/12/americas.summit/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/01/12/americas.summit/index.htmlLeaders at the inauguration of a 34-nation Summit of the Americas Monday expressed optimism that seemingly intractable issues of poverty, trade and corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean could be overcome.Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:24:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/29/349903/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/29/349903/index.htmLost amid reports of the exodus of U.S. jobs abroad is the fact that 30 million Americans--25% of the country's domestic workforce--don't earn enough to stay out of poverty. In her new book, The Be...Mon, 29 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/06/23/344583/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/06/23/344583/index.htmPaul Tebo is no one's idea of a revolutionary. A mild-mannered, gray-haired, 59-year-old chemical engineer, he has worked at DuPont for 35 years. He used to run the firm's $3-billion-a-year petroch...Mon, 23 Jun 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/10/28/330941/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/10/28/330941/index.htmChickens don't eat in the dark. That is a fact of avian life. It's also an economic opportunity. Mon, 28 Oct 2002 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/07/01/325608/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/07/01/325608/index.htmCall it the Murphy's Law of Economics: If you want to produce less of something--smoking, say, or coal mining--tax it. For a glimpse of the downside of this quick and easy way to influence economic...Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/09/04/286795/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/09/04/286795/index.htmThe average price of a Manhattan apartment south of Harlem has hit more than $850,000--at a time when two-fifths of New York City's residents make $20,000 or less a year. In Silicon Valley teachers...Mon, 04 Sep 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/10/12/249304/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/10/12/249304/index.htmAmazing fact: Even as you read this--even as each new stanza of that bizarre epic, the Clintoniad, is written--there are politicians in Washington actually trying to change, you know, laws. It's tr...Mon, 12 Oct 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/10/16/206838/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/10/16/206838/index.htmDO YOU BELIEVE in luck? Let David Wittig, the former co-head of investment banking at Kidder Peabody, tell you why you should. One evening in 1986, Wittig says, he was having dinner at the Manhatta...Mon, 16 Oct 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/05/01/202700/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/05/01/202700/index.htmIf we have learned anything from the 30 years of frustration since we declared war on poverty, it should be this: You can't fix the problem if you don't understand it. Strategies founded on oversim...Mon, 01 May 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/05/01/202499/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/05/01/202499/index.htmThe battles raging in Washington since Newt Gingrich became Speaker of the House have been epic in their ferocity. But what is the war really about? Mon, 01 May 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/09/06/78277/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/09/06/78277/index.htmA JANITOR hauling trash from a Brooklyn apartment building this spring found one bag suspiciously heavy and opened it to find the body of a small boy, 3 to 5 years of age. He was dressed in pajamas...Mon, 06 Sep 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/04/19/77738/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/04/19/77738/index.htmROUTE 16 through Neshoba County, Mississippi, is a drab stretch of highway lined by scraggly cotton fields, red clay, and pine trees. Whizzing along it, you see neither signs of wealth nor any busi...Mon, 19 Apr 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/09/21/76872/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/09/21/76872/index.htmTHE STATISTICAL gamesmanship over American income trends started early in this election year and has been heating up ever since. Enshrined in Bill Clinton's economic plan is the ''fact'' that the t...Mon, 21 Sep 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/10/76735/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/10/76735/index.htmIF THE WELL-BEING of its children is the proper measure of the health of a civilization, the United States is in grave danger. Of the 65 million Americans under 18, fully 20% live in poverty, 22% l...Mon, 10 Aug 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/10/76732/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/10/76732/index.htmI KNOW BY THE WORRY in their eyes that my children are not kidding when they ask, every couple of months or so, ''Are you and Mommy getting a divorce?'' And this in a close-knit family committed to...Mon, 10 Aug 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/01/76484/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/01/76484/index.htmFor decades, ideologues of the left and right have been talking past each other about how to eliminate poverty. In a timely new book entitled Rethinking Social Policy, Northwestern University socio...Mon, 01 Jun 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/01/13/75956/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/01/13/75956/index.htmIT IS ONE OF THE MOST crucial issues facing U.S. society. But hardly a politician will even talk about the subject, much less propose remedies for it. The problem? Simply put, America is spending t...Mon, 13 Jan 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/31/74511/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/31/74511/index.htmLET US NOW praise famous men. More than 50 years ago, FORTUNE commissioned writer James Agee and photographer Walker Evans to memorialize the hardscrabble existences of Alabama tenant farmers; thou...Mon, 31 Dec 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/04/10/71820/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/04/10/71820/index.htmIT IS OF NO SMALL significance that poverty is suddenly returning to the forefront of the American consciousness. Perhaps it is mostly a comment on the immense power of our media-age Presidents to ...Mon, 10 Apr 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70952/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70952/index.htmWHATEVER THE Democrats have going for them this year, you'd think the Republicans would at least have a lock on the one issue that most often decides presidential elections -- the economy. Think ag...Mon, 29 Aug 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/06/06/70619/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/06/06/70619/index.htmNO NOVELIST would dare put into a book the most extreme of the dizzying contrasts of wealth and poverty that make up the ordinary texture of life in today's American cities. The details are too out...Mon, 06 Jun 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/05/11/68999/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/05/11/68999/index.htmLISTEN: % ''He made me scared, so I pulled the trigger. So feel sorry? I doubt it. I didn't want to see him go down like that, but better him than me.'' ''I'm gonna work 40 hours a week and bring h...Mon, 11 May 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/05/26/67608/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/05/26/67608/index.htm''Hey, what's everybody lining up for?'' asks the dapper young New Yorker, stepping out of a taxi. It is 10 P.M. on a Monday night, and across the street from Grand Central, Manhattan's Beaux Arts ...Mon, 26 May 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/05/26/67607/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/05/26/67607/index.htmTWENTY-TWO years after the opening shot in the War on Poverty, most Americans have given up hope of victory. According to a recent opinion poll, the overwhelming majority of Americans believe that ...Mon, 26 May 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/06/24/65980/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/06/24/65980/index.htmHunger in affluent America in the 1980s? ''Not proved,'' we hear from official Washington. Stories of families going hungry are said to be exaggerated, and telecasts from soup kitchens are dismisse...Mon, 24 Jun 1985 04:01:00 EDT