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March 2010: Poverty is like Swiss Cheese

If tax policy makes your eyes glaze over, help has arrived. Bread policy analyst Rachel Black demystifies the Earned Income Tax Credit -- it's the largest anti-poverty program in the U.S., and it just happens to be administered through the tax code.

"We have to address the poverty that causes hunger," Black says. "Tax policies that support families who work are an important way of doing this."

Keep listening for a legislative update from Bread's director of government relations, and music from Tiffany Thompson.

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