US Does The U.S. 'Make Poverty More Comfortable?' Published January 14, 2014 at 11:48 AM EST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 11:43 Does The U.S. 'Make Poverty More Comfortable?' Listen • 11:43 Copyright 2014 NPR Corrected: January 15, 2014 at 12:00 AM EST In this story, we say Stephen Pimpare is a professor at Columbia University. Pimpare is a professor at New York University.