Poverty in the News

Below are links to several in-depth articles that have appeared in recent months on poverty issues of particular importance on the west coast. Please note that you may have to complete a free on-line registration to access some of the articles.

For semi-weekly updates on poverty in the news across the country, visit the Poverty Dispatches web page of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin. You can also sign up to receive their regular Poverty Dispatches by e-mail at povdispatch@ssc.wisc.edu.

Demographics

• Mercury News: Special — Immigration Debate
• New York Times: Topic — Immigrants and Refugees
• Seattle Times: Special — Mexican Workers in Washington Fields
• Los Angeles Times: Special — The New Foreign Aid
• Sacramento Bee: Project — The Pineros: Men of the Pines
• Mercury News: Special Report — Starting Over in America: Hmong Journey

Family

• Los Angeles Times: Article — If America is Richer, Why are its Families so much Less Secure?

Health

• Mercury News: Special — AIDS
• Newsweek: Article — Battling a Black Epidemic
• Washington Post: Special Report — AIDS/HIV

Labor Market

• Portland Oregonian: Special — Disability Programs and the Workplace
• Portland Oregonian: Special — Prosperity Lost

Poverty & Inequality

• New York Times: Special — The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
• Washington Post: Interactive — Being a Black Man
• Mercury News: Article — Breaking a Cycle or Broken System?
• Portland Oregonian: In-depth Report — Education: Fixing High Schools
• Seattle Times: Special Project — An Unequal Defense: The Failed Promise of Justice for the Poor