Free Cash to Fight Income Inequality? California City Is First in U.S. to Try. Long plagued by poverty and desperation, Stockton, Calif., is testing universal basic income as a means of improving the lives of its residents. Stockton, Calif., hopes to become an exhibition ground for fighting poverty with a simple yet unorthodox experiment: giving $500 a month in donated cash to perhaps 100 local families, no strings attached. By Peter S. Goodman May 30, 2018

Statement on Visit to the USA, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Washington, December 15, 2017

If Congress Changes Food Stamp Requirements, Kids Will Go Hungry. By Sarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliott and Annie Hardison-Moody… Ms. Bowen, Ms. Elliott and Ms. Hardison-Moody are professors who have conducted a study on child hunger.

The G.O.P.’s War on the Poor. By Paul Krugman

Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not. U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is: Do those jobs pay enough to live on? By Matthew Desmond

Live in a Poor Neighborhood? Better Be a Perfect Parent.

Bail roulette: how the same minor crime can cost $250 or $10,000… An antiquated, haphazard system allowing counties to set bail for misdemeanors often caters to conservative values and targets the poorest people