Issue Area: Poverty & Welfare

It’s All of Us—Except the 1 Percent: COUNTERSPIN INTERVIEW :Frances Fox Piven on poverty and Occupy Wall Street (January 2012) By Frances Fox Piven

Wealth Gap Yawns—and So Do Media: Little interest in study of massive race/gender disparities (June 2010) By Julie Hollar

The Recession and the ‘Deserving Poor’: Poverty finally on media radar—but only when it hits the middle class (March 2009) By Neil deMause

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The Smell of Success: After 10 years of 'welfare reform,' ignoring the human impact (November/December 2006) By Neil deMause

Fuzzy Math: Media buy White House line on “deficit reduction” (May/June 2005) By Neil deMause

The 'Oh Really?' Factor: Bill O'Reilly spins facts and statistics (May/June 2002) By Peter Hart

Doublethink on the Editorial Page: Editorials preach compassion, push austerity (July/August 1998) By Janine Jackson

Visible and Invisible Caregivers: Why Princess Diana was (November/December 1997) By Laura Flanders

Reforming Welfare Coverage: Five Issues Reporters Need to Address (May/June 1997) By Janine Jackson

Five Media Myths About Welfare (May/June 1995)

Public Enemy Number One?: Media's Welfare Debate Is a War on Poor Women (May/June 1995) By Janine Jackson and Laura Flanders

News Flash: Poor Mothers on Crime Spree! (November/December 1993) By Veena Cabreros-Sud

NewsHour and the One Percent: PBS newscast presents the upside of inequality (10/27/11)