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Poverty

The Wages of Inequality—Behind Bars

Because the state refuses to pay us for our labor, incarcerated women rely on money from the outside to get by.

by Kwaneta Harris

Keep Reading

Texas Counties Try to Fight Poverty with Cash

by Lise Olsen

Corpses of Poor, Black and Vulnerable Frequently Sent to Medical Schools for Dissection

by Eli Shupe

A Courtroom Drama About Feeding Unhoused Houstonians

by Michelle Pitcher

guatemala street, illustration for patti radle june poem about father lorenzo rosebaugh Jun 15, 2016

Poem: ‘Rice and Beans’

by Patti Radle

Feb 01, 2016

The House Always Wins

Some legislators want to keep affordable housing out of their districts — and they've given themselves the power to do it.

by Gayle Reaves

'Please do not pay the panhandlers' sign. Dec 18, 2015

Shame for the Holidays: Fort Worth Council Member Takes on Panhandlers

Gyna Bivens conceded that her plan for 'most wanted' panhandler posters may be 'somewhat illegal.'

by Patrick Michels

Aug 24, 2015

Texas Cities Leading the Way on Living Wages

by Maria Luisa Cesar

A panhandler in Houston Dec 22, 2014

Facing Poverty on the Off-Ramp

by Robert Zaretsky

Jul 23, 2013

State of Texas: Poverty In the Suburbs

by Caitlin Perrone

Want Not: Homeless Vet Ticketed for Looking for Food, Houston City Council Okay With That

by Jo DePrang

Santa Rita Courts in Austin. Dec 13, 2012

Santa Rita Courts and the Fight for Affordable Public Housing

Public housing is no less political an issue now than it was in the 1930s.

by Nick Swartsell

Rick Perry in Cut and Shoot Wednesday Nov 15, 2012

Rick Perry’s ‘Compassionate’ Sales Pitch for Drug-Testing Welfare Recipients

by Jo DePrang

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