Legislative Commission To End Poverty
in Minnesota by 2020

Issues in the News

"Southern Public Schools Mired In Poverty," CBS News Story, October 30, 2007

Star Tribune Editorial, October 23, 2007

"Facing Winter without Heat Puts Big Chill on Families," Star Tribune, December 13, 2007

"Bloomberg Seeks New Way to Decide Who is Poor," New York Times, December 30, 2007

"Down for count, the North Side took new look at old assumptions," Star Tribune, January 23, 2008

"Penny wise, pound foolish with dental care for needy," Star Tribune, January 27, 2008

"Wage mandates won't help the poor," Star Tribune, February 15, 2008

"Searching the Streets, offering help and hope," Star Tribune, February 18, 2008

"Poverty is Poison," New York Times, February 18, 2008

"Bill would give those living in cars right to last few posessions," Star Tribune, March 13, 2008

"Remember State's pleadge to fight poverty: Tough budget times require choices that will reflect the kind of people we want to be," Star Tribune, March 31, 2008

"Youth Development and the Common Good," Youth Today, March 2008

"Record number of Minnesota children live in poverty," Minnesota Public Radio, May 14, 2008

"Graduates who almost weren't," Star Tribune, May 15, 2008