BUSTED #5: Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook- Poverty in America Edition (LISTEN)
When reporting on poverty, the media fall into familiar traps and pundits make prescriptions that disregard the facts.
on the media
BUSTED #4: When the Safety Net Doesn’t Catch You (Listen)
We examine the strengths and shortcomings of our nation's safety net.
Rags to Riches
In the third installment of our series "Busted: America's Poverty Myths," produced in partnership with NPR's On the Media, we take on one of our country's most fundamental notions: that America is a land of equal opportunity and upward mobility…