A team of anthropologists, economists, geographers, political scientists, social workers, and sociologists examine the leading explanations for why poverty pers

A team of anthropologists, economists, geographers, political scientists, social workers, and sociologists examine the leading explanations for why poverty pers

America's rural areas have always held a disproportionate share of the nation's poorest populations. Rural Poverty in the United States examines why. What is it

Since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was enacted, policy makers, agency administrators, community activists, and ac

First published in 1999, Worlds Apart examined the nature of poverty through the stories of real people in three remote rural areas of the United States: New En