The Hyde Amendment Punishes Poor Women—and It’s Bad for the Economy The Hyde Amendment Punishes Poor Women—and It’s Bad for the Economy
The 40-year-old ban on public funding for abortion is not just a burden on individual women.
Sep 30, 2016 / Kate Bahn and Jamila Taylor
Inequality Has Gotten So Bad That We’re Offshoring Our Grandparents Inequality Has Gotten So Bad That We’re Offshoring Our Grandparents
Americans can’t afford to retire in the United States, so many are moving south of the border, trading one form of inequity for another.
Aug 19, 2016 / Katherine Stewart
Home-Care Workers Are Now Protected by Minimum-Wage Laws Home-Care Workers Are Now Protected by Minimum-Wage Laws
Are you surprised they weren’t before?
Jul 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The Devastating Process of Dying in America Without Insurance The Devastating Process of Dying in America Without Insurance
What do people do when they can’t afford end-of-life care?
Jun 20, 2016 / Mark Betancourt
Cancer Deaths Have Spiked During the Great Recession Cancer Deaths Have Spiked During the Great Recession
An analysis of disease trends in more than 70 nations shows that cancer mortality rose by more than 263,000 deaths
Jun 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Employer Wellness Programs Are a Great Idea—Right? Employer Wellness Programs Are a Great Idea—Right?
When “rewards” for good health punish the vulnerable, prevention may be worse than disease.
Jun 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Barack Obama’s Irrefutable Victory for Racial Justice Barack Obama’s Irrefutable Victory for Racial Justice
With at least one policy, the president has achieved something that almost never occurs.
Jan 22, 2016 / Algernon Austin
What South Carolinians Think About Paul Ryan’s Poverty Forum What South Carolinians Think About Paul Ryan’s Poverty Forum
Conservative leaders will outline their anti-poverty plans this weekend in one of the country’s poorest states.
Jan 8, 2016 / Alyssa Peterson and Melissa Boteach
Is a Medicaid Turnabout Coming to the Deep South? Is a Medicaid Turnabout Coming to the Deep South?
An election in Louisiana and a surprising recommendation from an Alabama task force are the latest cracks in red-state resistance to insuring the poor.
Nov 24, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Now White People Are Dying From Our Terrible Economic Policies, Too Now White People Are Dying From Our Terrible Economic Policies, Too
As the “middle class” hollows out, whites who started life under relatively promising circumstances are finally seeing the floor fall out under them.
Nov 6, 2015 / Michelle Chen