-
July 26, 2017
Democrats Are Finally Waking Up
Two new economic agendas are moving the party in a starkly populist direction.
Robert L. Borosage
-
July 13, 2017
Walmart’s Sick Scheduling Policies
A new survey alleges that the mega-retailer punishes workers for medical absences.
Michelle Chen
-
March 14, 2017
Trump’s Childcare Plan Will Only Help the Rich
What kind of childcare plan gives the majority of its funding to families making over $100,000 a year?
Michelle Chen
-
November 29, 2016
Wideman’s Ghosts
A profound sense of hope and despair haunts John Edgar Wideman’s new work of nonfiction.
Jesse McCarthy
-
September 28, 2016
6.8 Million Teenagers Are Food-Insecure
Young adults are increasingly victims of a failing economy that is leaving them starving.
Michelle Chen
-
Subscribe Today and Save $129!
-
September 21, 2016
Trump’s Terrible, No-Good Solution for Gender Inequality in the Workplace
To center the childcare debate around tax breaks and minimal subsidies is insulting to all working women.
Michelle Chen
-
September 14, 2016
Donald Trump’s Plans to Help Women Are Ridiculously Regressive
Funding for “maternity leave,” plus a child-care tax credit that favors the rich, are programs targeted at the well-off white women who are abandoning the GOP.
Joan Walsh
-
August 8, 2016
The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today
Just as past public policies created the racial wealth gap, current policy widens it.
Joshua Holland
-
August 2, 2016
Demand That Politicians Fight to Get Women a Raise
The Economic Policy Institute has released a plan to close the gender wage gap.
NationAction
-
July 13, 2016
Diapers, and Welfare Policy, Need Changing in Washington
Helping low-income families address one of the messiest aspects of early childhood is Congress’s duty.
Michelle Chen