U.S. Does The U.S. 'Make Poverty More Comfortable?' Published January 14, 2014 at 10:48 AM CST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 11:43 Does The U.S. 'Make Poverty More Comfortable?' Listen • 11:43 Copyright 2014 NPR Corrected: January 14, 2014 at 11:00 PM CST In this story, we say Stephen Pimpare is a professor at Columbia University. Pimpare is a professor at New York University.