| Almanac of Policy Issues: Poverty: An overview of poverty in the United States, including the latest Census Bureau estimates and distribution issues. Includes links and recent news. |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Articles on poverty and Social Security from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal public policy research organization. |
| Defining Poverty: Ohio State University extension fact sheet on poverty and its official definitation, with an emphasis on poverty in Ohio. |
| Government Benefit Programs Cut Poverty Nearly in Half: Study from the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the effectiveness of government programs in reducing poverty. |
| Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement: Overview of the official methodology used to calculate poverty in the United States from the US Department of Health and Human Services. |
| The Begging Profession in India: Article investigates the causes, modus-operandi and issues of begging in India; includes a number of photographs. |
| The Lottery: Article on the negative effects of the lottery. "People go there seeking hope, seeking huge benefits; instead they get ripped off, impoverished by the state government that was elected to protect them. The average person who consistently invests in the lottery will remain poor forever." |
| The Myth of Widespread American Poverty: 850 Kb PDF file. A look at the actual material living standards of persons defined as "poor" demonstrates that the Census Bureau's official poverty report is misleading. |
| The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG): An overview of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a generic federal block grant program for social services in the United States. Includes information on funding, services provided, and the program's legislative history. |
| The Welfare State: This article discusses and compares the welfare state in Britain, France, Sweden, Germany, the United States, the European Union and developing countries. |
| US Shelters Swell - With Families: Recession and Sept. 11 are causing more homelessness, which may echo '80s crisis. From the Christian Science Monitor. |
| Xenophobia and the Poor: Opinion pieces examining the roots of discrimination against the needy, especially neighborhood NIMBY opposition to social services siting in Buffalo, New York, by William W. Berry. |
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