One of the challenges that advocates are discussing here at an anti-poverty conference in Aspen — yes, I realize the irony — is getting buy-in from the private sector. How do you convince companies that social spending and government “handouts” are good for the bottom line? Antioch University Student, Randy Osmun has a pitch: reduced employee turnover. Read more.

Podcast Opens New Way to Accomplish Core Literary Mission
“It’s not just going to be a podcast about book authors,” says Victoria Chang, the poet and chair of the MFA in Creative Writing program