Nation Mar 27 Why Anaheim’s low-wage workers struggle to keep a roof over their heads By PBS News Hour, Cat Wise
Making Sen$e Jan 19 Do work requirements help lift people out of poverty? Calls to increase work requirements among those receiving government assistance should recognize that most poor adults are already working, looking for work, or are disabled or ill. By Ann Huff Stevens
Politics May 02 Problems facing the poor inch into 2016 presidential race In a presidential campaign where candidates are jockeying to be champions of the middle class and asking wealthy people for money, the problems facing the poor are inching into the debate. By Julie Pace, Associated Press
Economy Apr 02 Watch Despite Adding Hours and Jobs, More Workers Unable to Sustain Themselves In his latest coverage about people hit hard by the economic downturn, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports from Antioch, Calif., about the growing numbers of people who, despite taking on more hours at work or second jobs, are unable to…
Economy Apr 14 Watch Programs Seek to Aid Low-Paid, Working Women Millions of women in the United States work long hours at jobs that do not pay enough to support their families. Elizabeth Brackett reports on several programs set up to help these working women.
Apr 01 Watch Extended Interview: Cynthia Hedge-Morrell As part of a series on post-Hurricane Katrina housing in New Orleans, NewsHour correspondent Betty Ann Bowser interviewed New Orleans City Council member Cynthia Hedge-Morrell about the council's decision to tear down damaged public housing projects after the hurricane. Continue watching