Jezza Neumann joins us to talk about how poverty affects kids.
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Why Many Americans Remain Homeless
NPR reporter Laura Sullivan joins us to talk about why so many Americans – including many Texans – remain homeless despite these efforts.
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From Unemployed To Homeless
This hour, we’ll talk about what it’s like to live life so close to the margin between unemployment and homelessness with Matthew Desmond, co-director of Harvard’s Justice and Poverty project and author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.”
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Recovering From Disasters
This hour we’ll talk with KERA’s Courtney Collins, who has followed the recovery of some of the North Texas families affected by the Dec. 26 tornadoes.
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Life After The Storm
This hour, as part of the KERA series “One Crisis Away: Rebuilding a Life,” we’ll talk about how to recover from trauma with Jeff Quan, a counselor at Eastfield College, and Dr. Ann Marie Warren, staff psychologist at Baylor University Medical Center.
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Paying For The Holidays
This hour, as part of the KERA series “One Crisis Away at the Holidays,” we’ll talk about living paycheck-to-paycheck this time of year.
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One Day, Two Dollars
We’ll discuss the underlying causes of extreme poverty with National Poverty Center researcher H. Luke Shaefer, co-author of $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America.
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Dissecting the Earned Income Tax Credit
How do working families use the annual checks from the earned income tax credit to build a middle-class life? This hour we’ll weight the costs and benefits with the author of “It’s Not Like I’m Poor.”
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What It's Like To Be Poor
About 14.5 percent of Americans live in poverty. We’ll talk with the author of Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America about the many misconceptions we have about what it’s like to be poor.
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Please Send Resume To…
This hour, we’ll talk to local representatives from Workforce Solutions about the job prospects in North Texas and about ways that workers of all ages can better position themselves in the marketplace.
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When Savings Are Slim
A new study shows nearly half of Texans don’t have enough cash available to stay above the poverty line for three months after a financial emergency. We’ll find out why the numbers have jumped.
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Dollars And Sense
As part of KERA’s One Crisis Away initiative, we’ll find out this hour how we can better mange our money with a panel of Certified Financial Planners.
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