all stories tagged "Poverty"
A look at wealth and questions of disparity with economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former New York Times economics columnist Jeff Madrick, and historian Kenneth Jackson. VIDEO
A Queens nonprofit went the extra mile to deliver more than 500 meals to homebound elderly residents before Sandy hit.VIDEO
Browne is the architect of many programs that bring preventive health measures to underserved communities in New York and elsewhere.VIDEO
Educating New York’s black community about health threats is the core mission of the Brooklyn-based Arthur Ashe Institute. Salon owners and CEO Ruth Browne explain their work.
VIDEOAccording to figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 32,000 Camden residents live below the poverty line.
On Sept. 22, public television stations across the nation will highlight the nation's dropout crisis on American Graduate Day.VIDEO
National and local gun politics, and interviews with the former NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Israel's Consul General and journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.VIDEO
A New York Times video profile of the Refugee Youth Summer Academy and a Q&A with its education advisor on what happens next for school-age immigrants.VIDEO
The journalists give a preview of their new documentary and talk about the “central moral issue of this century,” violence against women and children worldwide.
VIDEOThe analysis broke down graduation rates by race and country of origin, and looked at students who were discharged vs. those who dropped out.
