This Week in Poverty: How to Get Involved This Week in Poverty: How to Get Involved
Looking to join the fight against poverty? Start right here.
Apr 6, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
House Poised to Gut Derivative Reforms House Poised to Gut Derivative Reforms
The Dodd-Frank reforms made major strides in regulating dangerous derivative trades, but Wall Street seeks to undo them.
Apr 4, 2012 / George Zornick
John Nichols: The GOP’s Wisconsin Envy John Nichols: The GOP’s Wisconsin Envy
How Scott Walker influenced the Republican presidential race.
Apr 3, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Why We Must Raise the Minimum Wage Why We Must Raise the Minimum Wage
Instead of making vague promises to create high-paying jobs, the government should increase wages for the jobs that actually exist.
Apr 3, 2012 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The 99 Percent for the 100 Percent: The Case for Deep Patriotism The 99 Percent for the 100 Percent: The Case for Deep Patriotism
In a new book, the former Obama White House advisor makes the case for a movement that engages all Americans in the practice of deep patriotism.
Apr 2, 2012 / Van Jones
Will the JOBS Act Actually Create Jobs? Will the JOBS Act Actually Create Jobs?
Or will it encourage fraud?
Apr 2, 2012 / Chris Hayes
Marjorie Kelly: Saving Capitalism From Itself Marjorie Kelly: Saving Capitalism From Itself
Several years ago, the editor of Business Ethics magazine published a blueprint for a new, more humane economy. There has never been a better time to put her visionary plan into ac...
Apr 2, 2012 / Ken Miller
A New Energy Third World in North America? A New Energy Third World in North America?
How the big energy companies plan to turn the United States into a third world petro-state.
Apr 2, 2012 / Michael T. Klare
Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default
Already facing crippling debt and a rocky job market, students in default can't even get access to the grades they've already earned.
Mar 30, 2012 / Dave Lindorff
This Week in Poverty: Fresno to Homeless People—Get Out This Week in Poverty: Fresno to Homeless People—Get Out
Fresno adopts a policy of seizing and destroying homeless residents' property and a local legal services non-profit fights back.
Mar 30, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann