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May 2008

SFPL Drops Mandatory $115 Lost Book Fee

April 2008

Tent City U.S.A.

March 2008

No Springtime for Minnesota's Working Poor
Poverty Scorecard for Congress
Columbia, SC, offers the only Housing First program to have a medical school coordinate services for homeless people
Students Stigmatized by Free Lunches?

February 2008

Libraries and Homelessness Hit the Big Screen

January 2008

Metro Detroit libraries and homeless people

December 2007

Libraries serving people without permanent homes
The "crime" of feeding hungry people
Mayors Examine Causes of Hunger, Homelessness
San Francisco Lost-Book Charge Controversy
U.K. Libraries -Digital Inclusion

November 2007

Police Arrest People for Begging
Ten Things You Can Work on to Better Serve Low Income People in Your Library

August 2007

Second Life Hype vs. Human Needs

July 2007

U.S. Media Rediscover Poverty (Sort Of)

May 2007

ALA Program on Serving Poor People
The State of Poverty: 12 Ways to Lead the Change

April 2007

Cover the Uninsured Week 2007
Chip Ward on the "Chronically Homeless"

March 2007

William T. Vollmann's POOR PEOPLE
Phone Service Discounts for Low-Income People

February 2007

Tackling Exclusion, Building Communities
How Can Librarians Respond to Poverty?
Fiasco in Florida: No Housing, No Human Rights

January 2007

Worcester Public Library Settles Homeless Suit

December 2006

Homeless People and the Seattle Public Library

November 2006

Benefits Program Locator and Tax Toolkit
How Rich People Are Winning the Class War
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

October 2006

Criminalization of the Poor: A Case Study in Colorado
The Perks of Privilege and Poor Losers
Basic Needs and Community Information

September 2006

Low-Wage Jobs: Let's Have Some Justice
Worcester Public Library Changes Borrowing Policy
Feed a Hungry Person, Go to Jail
Rondo Library Celebrates Grand Opening
More on Library Fees and Fines
The State of Working America and More
YouTube and the New York Coalition for the Homeless

August 2006

After Katrina, Keeping Up Appearances, and More
The Fight for Public Space: Selected Resources
Free Books, Free Lunches, and More
Waging a Living, Family Resources, and More
Poverty Miscellanea from Here and There

July 2006

Worcester Public Library Must Rescind Borrowing Policy
Food Recovery and Myths About Hunger
Homeless Citizens Seek Equal Access at Worcester PL

June 2006

It's a Matter of Power: Appearance and Hygiene Policies
Shriver Center Offers New Tools to End Poverty
Race, Poverty, and Aging Baby Boomers: ALA Program
Congress Stiffs Low-Income Workers
County Library Cancels Cards for Homeless Kids
RUSQ Community Building Column to End
America's Literacy Directory
Broken Beaks: A Children's Book About Homelessness

May 2006

Poverty Links for Librarians

April 2006

Kansas Class Surveys Homeless People at Library
Free Books for Kids in Transition
Maryland's Homeless and Public Libraries
Young, Black, Poor (It Bears Repeating)
Public Libraries & Teens in Low-Income Communities
Lawyers in the Library: Free Legal Help
Cover the Uninsured Week 2006
Phone Service (and More) for Homeless People

February 2006

It's Time to Redefine U.S. Poverty
Classism in the Stacks: Libraries and Poor People
Income Inequality Grows in the United States
State Policies for Bright Futures
Addressing Poverty with the aha! Process
Videoblog: Homeless in Texas

January 2006

Legal Needs of Low-Income People Not Being Met
Defining Poverty and Why It Matters for Children
Most Low-Income Parents Are Employed
The Isolation of Urban African Americans
Solving Poverty with Asset Policies
Homeless Youth: Resource Needs
Library Service to the Homeless
Open Doors: Library Service to Excluded Groups

December 2005

Income Inequality: A Reading List
In Defense of Food Stamp Programs
Congress Gets Pay Raise; Minimum Wage Unchanged
Focus: A Poverty Research Publication
Teaching Resource: kNOw Hunger
An Atlas of Poverty in America

November 2005

Poverty Action Lab
Poverty Dispatches
Storming Caesars Palace
Street News Service
Implementing ALA's Poor People's Policy
Katrina's Window: Confronting Concentrated Poverty Across America
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

October 2005

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Disaster Assistance: Legal Resources

September 2005

Who Are America's Poor Children?
Indiana Library Starts Info Service at Homeless Center
Just a Little Understanding: A Social-Service Provider’s Perspective on Homeless Library Users

March 2005

Are Public Libraries Criminalizing Poor People?