Poverty

Michael Wolff told Bill Maher recently he was "absolutely sure" the president is currently carrying out an extramarital affair, gesturing towards a passage in "Fire and Fury" that appears to be this one: "The president had been spending a notable amount of private time with Haley on Air Force One and was seen to be grooming her for a national political future."

Nikki Haley to Bernie Sanders: Ignore ‘patently ludicrous’ UN report on poverty

Joel Gehrke · June 21, 2018 6:17 pm

A Father’s Day problem in the working class

Washington Examiner · June 17, 2018 4:01 am

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2011 file photo, Carol Gay, of Brick, N.J., holds a sign saying "Tax the Rich," as several groups including the Peoples Uprisings, October 2011 Coalition, and Occupy DC, "occupy" Freedom Plaza in Washington. The income gap between the rich and everyone else is large and getting larger, while middle-class incomes stagnate. That's raised concerns that the nation's middle class isn't sharing in economic growth as it has in the past. And it sparked the Wall Street protests that spread to other cities in the country.

Beltway Confidential

Stop caring about income inequality

Louis Sarkozy · June 6, 2018 4:18 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by House Republicans, speaks to the media following a vote on tax reform, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A popular deduction targeted in the GOPâs overhaul of the tax code is used by more than a quarter of all filers in a majority of states, including many led by Republicans where some residents eventually could see their federal tax bills rise.

Poverty rate expected to increase due to GOP tax reform: UN report

Katie Leach · June 2, 2018 5:57 pm

Dr. Herbert Hodes

Boys crave masculinity, fatherless homes are detrimental to youth

Mason McKie · June 1, 2018 3:57 pm

We Need Anti-Poverty Programs That Work

Peter Cove · May 31, 2018 1:46 pm

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson speaks at the 45th Liberty University commencement at Williams Stadium on Saturday May 19, 2018, in Lynchburg, Va.

Ben Carson’s huge cut to housing aid won’t increase self-sufficiency

Diane Yentel · May 23, 2018 4:00 am

In this photo, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson speaks at an event.

Ben Carson: Overhauling HUD rents ‘just as effective as building more housing’

Joseph Lawler · May 4, 2018 12:01 am

A woman walks past blighted row houses in Baltimore.

Beltway Confidential

This part of the tax reform law might be opportunity or bust

Kevin Gomez · April 29, 2018 4:00 am

A woman walks past a closed-down business in East Cleveland, Ohio.

Beltway Confidential

Occupational licensing is a big reason the poor don’t become rich

Jared Meyer · April 14, 2018 4:00 am

The world has gone nearly completely digital, and everyone from janitors to lawyers needs to learn how to use digital technology to remain valuable in the workplace.

Digital skills mean premium pay across the board

Washington Examiner Staff · March 20, 2018 4:01 am

Pope Francis' remarks perpetuate the myth that globalization and free markets have hurt the world's poor. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis has it wrong on global poverty and its cure

Robert Murphy · February 28, 2018 5:01 am