» Almanac of Policy Issues: Poverty    An overview of poverty in the United States, including the latest Census Bureau estimates and distribution issues. Includes links and recent news.    http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/poverty.shtml

» Center on Budget and Policy Priorities    Articles on poverty and Social Security from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal public policy research organization.    http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/povinc.htm

» Government Benefit Programs Cut Poverty Nearly in Half    Study from the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the effectiveness of government programs in reducing poverty.    http://www.cbpp.org/snd98.htm

» Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement    Overview of the official methodology used to calculate poverty in the United States from the US Department of Health and Human Services.    http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/index.shtml

» The Begging Profession in India    Article investigates the causes, modus-operandi and issues of begging in India; includes a number of photographs.    http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/bhiksha/begging.htm

» The Lottery    Article on the negative effects of the lottery. "People go there seeking hope, seeking huge benefits; instead they get ripped off, impoverished by the state government that was elected to protect them. The average person who consistently invests in t    http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/bulletin.cfm?Issue_ID=1313&Bulletin_ID=48

» The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)    An overview of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a generic federal block grant program for social services in the United States. Includes information on funding, services provided, and the program's legislative history.    http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/ssbg.shtml

» The Welfare State    This article discusses and compares the welfare state in Britain, France, Sweden, Germany, the United States, the European Union and developing countries.    http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/wstate.htm

» US Shelters Swell - With Families    Recession and Sept. 11 are causing more homelessness, which may echo '80s crisis. From the Christian Science Monitor.    http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1129/p1s1-ussc.html

» Xenophobia and the Poor    Opinion pieces examining the roots of discrimination against the needy, especially neighborhood NIMBY opposition to social services siting in Buffalo, New York, by William W. Berry.    http://hometown.aol.com/esberry/myhomepage/index.html