Quote of the day – September 13, 2012 The new census statistics, coming out just two months before the presidential election, should fuel the ongoing debate over the shrinkin[...]

In his July 14 New York Times article “Two Classes, Divided by ‘I Do,” Jason DeParle recounted the story of two mothers, one of whom is married and the other is not. Th[...]

Quote of the day – August 16, 2012 According to a recent survey by The Associated Press, the number of Americans living at or below the poverty line will reach its highest po[...]

Wince of the Week August 5 – 11, 2012 The EHRP Team winced hard when we read this in Bonnie Kavoussi’s article for the Huffington Post: Nearly one in two Americans R[...]

Quote of the day – August 2, 2012 They have poverty here, too: “Really hard to believe this one,” one Quora user said of the fact that the richest country in the [...]

An interview with best-selling author Barbara Ehrenreich by Amy Dean of Truthout.[...]

Quote of the Day, July 25, 2012 America has far less social mobility than other wealthy countries. Americans who are born poor are more likely to stay poor than citizens of other w[...]

Quote of the Day, June 25, 2012 Most people who experience homelessness do so on a temporary basis. The idea that “homeless people” remain homeless for many years, perhaps even the[...]