Poverty Archives

West Virginia is one of seven states to see an increase in the number of residents receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a nonprofit group said in a recent report. (Thinkstock Image)

Food stamp use increases in West Virginia

May 28, 2014 4:00 am

California State Assemblyman Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, center, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. From California to Rhode Island, many states are finding that their health care costs for low-income residents will rise as an unintended consequence of the new federal health care law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Healthcare

Medicaid surge triggers cost concerns for states

Associated Press, Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar -

May 26, 2014 4:11 pm

Study: A third of Va. kids live in or near poverty

Washington Examiner -

May 26, 2014 3:19 pm

Poor go to jail for inability to pay court fines, despite Supreme Court ruling barring the practice

Kelly Cohen -

May 22, 2014 3:17 pm

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Conservatives, big government and the duty to care for the poor

Timothy P. Carney -

May 22, 2014 3:03 pm

Many years ago, in upstate New York, there was a lady caught in a fierce snow storm that produced conditions called a

Columnists

The way out of poverty is similar to the way home in a snowstorm

Thomas Sowell -

May 20, 2014 4:00 am

D.C. plans to move homeless women out of shelter — and into abandoned morgue

Kelly Cohen -

May 19, 2014 4:00 am

Increase in region’s homeless driven by DC spike

Washington Examiner -

May 15, 2014 7:16 am

Va. legal community raises 1.4M pounds of food

Washington Examiner -

May 15, 2014 6:31 am

Columnists

Pope Francis won’t solve poverty by demanding income redistribution

Cal Thomas -

May 12, 2014 12:00 am

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Tag: Poverty

Food stamp use increases in West Virginia

Medicaid surge triggers cost concerns for states

Study: A third of Va. kids live in or near poverty

Poor go to jail for inability to pay court fines, despite Supreme Court ruling barring the practice

Conservatives, big government and the duty to care for the poor

The way out of poverty is similar to the way home in a snowstorm

D.C. plans to move homeless women out of shelter — and into abandoned morgue

Increase in region’s homeless driven by DC spike

Va. legal community raises 1.4M pounds of food

Pope Francis won’t solve poverty by demanding income redistribution

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