Poverty

Alabama City Cuts Sales Tax on Groceries

Lawsuit Alleges Florida Corrections Department Chose Perks Over Lower Phone Rates for Incarcerated People

Environmental Injustice in Alabama’s Black Belt

Addressing Abandoned Property Is Better Public Safety Policy, Study Finds

Texas Dramatically Reduces Cost of Phone Calls from Prison

Private Prison Company Gave Prosecutors Confidential Inmate Phone Calls

Crime Falls As New York Abandons Stop-and-Frisk

United Nations Poverty Investigation Finds Shocking Conditions in Alabama

Researchers Find Hookworm Infection Linked to Extreme Poverty in Rural Alabama

New Bill Would Provide for Basic Human Needs of Incarcerated Women

Investigation Reveals Environmental Dangers in America’s Toxic Prisons

U.S. Jail Population Has Tripled Since the 1980s, Fueling Inequality

Tuberculosis Crisis in Alabama’s Black Belt

FCC Changes Position on Relief to Poor Families of Prisoners

Mass Incarceration Costs $182 Billion Every Year, Without Adding Much to Public Safety

Death Penalty and Criminal Justice Reform on the Ballot