New Study Shows How Poverty Affects the Human Genome

A new study suggests that the effects of poverty aren't strictly a question of nature versus nurture – but that poverty can leave an actual imprint on human DNA.

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Britain’s Widening Wealth Inequality Demands Sweeping Reform, Report Says

Britain needs to make extensive changes to recover from its economy's failings, rising inequality and the destructive inheritance of the financial crisis, according to a new report.

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Act Out! [165] - Devaluing Survivors, Criminalizing Dissent & Creating Utopia

A backlog that's symptomatic of a patriarchal system that not only devalues women but devalues survivors of sexual assault.

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Act Out! [137] - 400+ Reasons to Eat the Rich & Why NAFTA Can’t Be Saved

This week on Act Out!, tempting though it may be to ignore all things real and political for the next few days, hiding behind cranberry sauce and turkey legs won't change the ever-widening and gaping abyss before us.

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Act Out! [106] - Black Panthers: Fight and Build & the Poor and Poisoned

After dissecting some recent racist bigotry, we talk to former Black Panther Kiilu Nyasha about racism, systemic corruption and the past and present of pointed fight and build activism.

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Majority of U.S. Public School Students are in Poverty

The explosion in the number of needy children in the nation’s public classrooms is a recent phenomenon.

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Politicians Ingore Poverty – Because Half of Congress Are Millionaires

For the first time, more than half of the members of Congress are millionaires. Maybe the country would be better off if they had some first-hand encounters with need.

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Infographic: Broke and Broken?

The Pschological Effects of Poverty

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Here's The Painful Truth About What It Means To Be "Working Poor" In America

More than 7 percent of American workers fall below the federal poverty line, and the Americans who earn well above the official poverty line can still barely stay afloat.

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Almost Half Of New Yorkers Are Poor

Nearly half of New Yorkers were making less than 150 percent of the poverty threshold.

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