Poverty

Bill Gates said that by 2035 no nation will be as poor as any of the 35 that the World Bank now classifies as low-income, even adjusting for inflation. (AP Photo)

Bill Gates sees no poor countries left by 2035 in annual letter

Bloomberg News · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

Time Magazine Endorses ‘Polyandry’

Daniel Halper · January 20, 2014 1:22 pm

Boys need a chance to thrive and succeed. (Photo: Thinkstock)

On masculinity and the War on Poverty

Melanie Sturm · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is using the holiday weekend honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to continue pressing for raising Illinois' minimum wage to at least $10. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Illinois governor presses bid to raise minimum wage

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Kerry: ‘Root Cause of Terrorism’ Is Poverty

Jeryl Bier · January 15, 2014 12:12 pm

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley delivers his State of the State address in the historic Old House Chamber in the State Capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 14 2014. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer)

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley defends decision not to expand Medicaid

Bill Barrow · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

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Beltway Confidential

Washington is ignoring the most potent weapon in the War on Poverty

Mark Tapscott · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks about his knowledge of a traffic study that snarled traffic at the George Washington Bridge during a news conference on January 9, 2014 at the Statehouse in Trenton, New Jersey. According to reports, Christie's deputy chief of staff, Bridget Anne Kelly, is accused of giving a signal to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge, allegedly as punishment for the Fort Lee, New Jersey mayor not endorsing the Governor during the election. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty images)

Chris Christie’s scandal shows why personal morality is important

Star Parker · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a Cuban-American, speaks about the Ã?American dreamÃ? on the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon JohnsonÃ?s first State of the Union address in 1964, where LBJ committed the government to a war on poverty, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. RubioÃ?s speech was hosted by the conservative American Enterprise Institute. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans promote ways of helping the poor

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., says President Obama's latest anti-poverty plan isn't just a ripoff of his own, it also ignores the single most depressed city in the country: Detroit. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul wonders why Obama’s economic ‘promise zones’ don’t cover Detroit

Joel Gehrke · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, questions Chuck Hagel during his defense secretary confirmation hearing on Jan. 31. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Mike Lee introduces bill to direct federal funding to alternative higher education

Joel Gehrke · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Marco Rubio pushing reform agenda to tackle poverty

Ken Thomas · January 8, 2014 8:26 pm