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.

In Clinton, Arkansas, a reporter examines the effects of a stagnant economy on the place she came from.

Many poor Texans are being short-changed on their right to be represented by a defense attorney in cases with potentially life-changing consequences.

Rising prices in West Campus leave learners scrambling for affordable housing options, with some paying up to $2000 a month per room.

Since 1980, migrants fleeing poverty, violence, and natural disaster have come here for refuge from an intolerant world.

Feeding Texas is now collecting donations to help pay off school lunch debts and encourage schools to adopt more generous meal policies.

More than 40 percent of Texas families living in poverty are single-mother households.

'Unless we reverse the trends that we’re seeing now, we will be a poorer, less-educated state,' the former state demographer says.

Lawsuit filed Thursday claims Santa Fe officials hiked fines to pad city budget.

As authorities prepared to evict its residents, a reporter spent six weeks in Dallas’ biggest homeless camp.