What Life is Like for a Low Wage Worker

Nancy Vazquez works as a skycap at Newark Airport. She says it's difficult to survive on her low wages in New Jersey.

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…

BUSTED #2: Who Deserves To Be Poor? (Listen)

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 Clinton's pledge to "end welfare as we know it."

Behind the Scenes of Getting Ahead

High Rents Force Some in Silicon Valley to Live in Vehicles

Faced with some of the most expensive rental housing in the nation, some Bay Area residents are feeling priced out and are seeking low-cost alternatives. In Silicon Valley, a hub of computer and technology companies, some people are even turning…

Hannah’s Kosher Pantry, Brooklyn, NY

There are nearly 48.1 million people in America without reliable access to affordable, nutritious food. Even in New York City -- one of the richest cities in the world -- about 1.4 million people rely on emergency food programs, like…

Does Bail Discriminate Against the Poor?

America has the largest prison population in the world, and in New York City, 4000 people are locked up in jail, although they haven't been convicted of any crime. They remain there, awaiting trial, not because their crime demands it,…

Anti-Poverty Network of NJ’s Executive Director Grew Up Living in Poverty

The New Executive Director of APN, Renee Koubiadi, grew up in Camden living in poverty.

Jacquie | Minimum Wage Impact

Jacquie, a Grill Cook at McDonalds, on the potential impact of the minimum wage increase. This interstitial is part of 'Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America,' a public media initiative that provides a deeper understanding of the impact…

Historical Trauma and Grassroots Solutions

In North and South Dakota, poverty hits the Native-American population much harder than it does whites. Researchers link its chronic problems like diabetes and heart disease to the systematic breakdown of Native life. In the 400 year history of the…

Building Family Assets

https://youtu.be/b9_m3wRnoIM This week, our partners at New Mexico in Focus learned how some individuals and families in New Mexico are using Individual Development Accounts, or IDAs, to save for goals like attending college, buying a house or starting a business. Prosperity Works offers financial literacy training and…