Making a Poor Measure Better
Ongoing efforts to improve measures of poverty in the United States must thread the needle between pragmatism and politics.
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Poverty
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The True Cost of Tobacco
Researchers find that poor smokers' children are the victims of the habit: Their nutrition takes a hit when their parents divert precious resources to pay for tobacco.
Review: The Importance of Being Not So Earnest
The documentary "The End of Poverty?" takes an impassioned if clunky look at international capitalism over the last half millennium. Guess what it finds?
Shining a Light on India’s Rural Poor
Solar lanterns are already making some headway in India's poorest areas, and a new study suggests they could be a bigger part of the effort to reduce fossil fuel use while improving lives.
Suburban Poverty, Served Chicago Style
Ben Franklin said we must all hang together or we'll probably all hang separately. That must be the mantra of today's regional planners.
Just Cause for Great Alarm
In a Miller-McCune.com interview, Marian Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund explains why tackling poverty, education and health care during this financial crisis makes economic sense.
The Slumming of Suburbia
The poor are fleeing our cities, but life is not always greener, even when affordable housing comes with a two-car garage.
Can Development Reduce Poverty?
The economic opportunities found in inner cities should attract private investment, although a nudge from government can overcome traditional inertia.
Great Society 2.0
An ambitious project in Chicago provides a glimpse at poverty solutions that might actually make a difference.
The Eight of 2008
The best of Miller-McCune magazine's first year of publication, as chosen by Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin.