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Financial Empowerment Helps Low-Income Families Keep More of What They Earn Article

Tax payers search through tax forms at the Illinois Department of Revenue in Springfield, Illinois. (AP/Seth Perlman)

Financial Empowerment Helps Low-Income Families Keep More of What They Earn

Desmond Brown explains why fully embracing the EITC and financial education are viable poverty reduction strategies.

Mar 5, 2012

Let’s Talk About Youth Employment Problems Article

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Friday, November 18, 2011. While speaking at the school, Gingrich presented a plan for youth that would hire poor minority middle-school students as janitors. (AP/Charles Krupa)

Let’s Talk About Youth Employment Problems

Desmond Brown offers some advice to conservatives running for president about how to address the problem of youth unemployment.

Feb 7, 2012

Mitt’s Snub of the Poor Article

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting in Florida in October 2011. (AP/Reinhold Matay)

Mitt’s Snub of the Poor

Desmond Brown matches up the presidential candidate’s rhetoric with his safety-net-shredding policy proposals.

Feb 2, 2012

10 Reasons Why Cutting Poverty Is Good for Our Nation Article

Drastically reducing our nation's poverty rate is imperative not just for those in poverty, but for the country as a whole. (AP/ John Froschauer)

10 Reasons Why Cutting Poverty Is Good for Our Nation

Desmond Brown details 10 reasons why reducing poverty by building a stronger middle class helps Americans of all income levels.

Dec 6, 2011

The Young and the Jobless Article

Teenagers fill out summer job applications at a library. (AP/Nati Harnik)

The Young and the Jobless

Proposed cuts to jobs programs will stifle employment options and create further economic hardship for low-income youth, writes Desmond Brown.

Mar 4, 2011