Taking Action to End Poverty

The Shriver Center is proud to have been named a finalist for the One Percent Foundation's 2010 Poverty Cycle. Partners in the One Percent Foundation, who commit to donate at least one percent of their income to philanthropy, are encouraged to vote for the Shriver Center and support our work on behalf of low-income people.

The January-February 2009 issue of Clearinghouse Review is now available online.

The 2009 Poverty Scorecard grades the performance of each member of Congress on the most important poverty-related issues that came to a vote last year.

Read the Fall 2009 Shriver Wire

The Shriver Brief

"Let's Make a Deal" Reruns

by Karen K. Harris

Remember the show, Let’s Make a Deal, with Monty Hall? Well, it's back--sort of. For more than a year, Congress has been saying that it’s close to making a deal on legislation to overhaul America’s health care and financial systems. Read more.