This Week in Poverty: An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013? This Week in Poverty: An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013?
An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013 might help grow the movement.
Jan 18, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Queer Abby Queer Abby
In a nation where it’s easy to despair of suffusing reaction all around us, some had the guts to tell the heartland to be free.
Jan 18, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Repeal the Hyde Amendment Repeal the Hyde Amendment
The largest obstacles to low-income women receiving abortions is the Hyde Amendment banning Medicaid funding of abortion.
Jan 17, 2013 / NationAction
Jodie Foster Refuses to Be a Role Model Jodie Foster Refuses to Be a Role Model
Good for her, better for us.
Jan 15, 2013 / Richard Kim
Not in Her Shoes Not in Her Shoes
Days ahead of the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood's powerful video illustrates how the pro-choice and pro-life labels don’t reflect the complexity...
Jan 15, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
NYC Bus Strike Kicks Off to Fight Privatization of Yellow Buses NYC Bus Strike Kicks Off to Fight Privatization of Yellow Buses
A citywide strike kicks off Wednesday to prevent the privatization of yellow buses.
Jan 15, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Melissa Harris-Perry: Who Is to Blame for Haiti’s Ongoing Crisis? Melissa Harris-Perry: Who Is to Blame for Haiti’s Ongoing Crisis?
NGOs and foreign governments are preventing Haitians from repairing their broken country.
Jan 14, 2013 / Melissa Harris-Perry
For Kerry’s Seat, Party Activists Push Barney Frank Online For Kerry’s Seat, Party Activists Push Barney Frank Online
Although Governor Deval Patrick said it won’t affect his choice of a replacement, the petition drive could raise pressure to involve citizens in the process.
Jan 14, 2013 / Ari Melber
Call for a Democracy-for-All Act on MoneyOut/VotersIn Day Call for a Democracy-for-All Act on MoneyOut/VotersIn Day
We all know the damage done by corporate money in politics. On January 19, we have the opportunity to do something about it.
Jan 14, 2013 / Mark Green and Robert Weissman
ICE Arrests, Releases Prominent Immigration Activist’s Family Members ICE Arrests, Releases Prominent Immigration Activist’s Family Members
ICE’s contradictory policies are evident in the detention and almost immediate release of two undocumented immigrants.
Jan 11, 2013 / Aura Bogado