We have an eviction epidemic in this country. We’ve had one for a long time, actually. Chasing the Dream is partnering ...

Chasing the Dream is partnering with WNYC to present episodes of Puerto Rico: The Future of Debt, a five-part series ...

Is America a land of equal opportunity and upward mobility for all?

We ex;pre how our understanding of poverty is shaped, not by facts, but by private presumptions, media narratives, and the ...

Andre and Lisette are married Congolese refugees. He made it to America. She's stuck in a refugee camp. Here's how ...

Meet a couple separated by America’s refugee policies

When reporting on poverty, the media fall into familiar traps and pundits make prescriptions that disregard the facts.

We examine the strengths and shortcomings of our nation's safety net.

We trace the history of welfare in America, from aid to widows after the Civil War to Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty to Bill ...

We examine how the story of poverty gets told -- and whether media attention makes any difference.