Fichte’s Way Fichte’s Way
Johann Gottlieb Fichte undertook a pure search for truth. He also distrusted international markets. Does that make him an ancestor to anti-globalization activists?
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Rosen
Next Fed Head Should Meet the Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren Standard Next Fed Head Should Meet the Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren Standard
America needs a Fed chair who has "the right temperament and a willingness to take on Wall Street CEOs."
Aug 13, 2013 / John Nichols
This Week in Poverty: The Expert Testimony of Tianna Gaines-Turner This Week in Poverty: The Expert Testimony of Tianna Gaines-Turner
If Congress would choose to listen to people in poverty, rather than just talking about them, this is what they would hear.
Aug 9, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Congress Misses an Opportunity to Reverse Sequester Cuts to Housing Congress Misses an Opportunity to Reverse Sequester Cuts to Housing
A Senate attempt to restore sequester cuts to low-income housing fails—housing assistance trend continues to go from bad to worse.
Aug 7, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
This Week in Poverty: Chairman Ryan and the Real World This Week in Poverty: Chairman Ryan and the Real World
At his hearing on the War on Poverty, Paul Ryan demanded evidence about what works to fight poverty—and then promptly ignored it.
Aug 2, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
The Great Eviction The Great Eviction
The landscape of Wall Street’s creative destruction.
Aug 1, 2013 / Laura Gottesdiener
Why Do the People Raising Our Children Earn Poverty Wages? Why Do the People Raising Our Children Earn Poverty Wages?
Women who care for poor kids are often mothers living in poverty themselves.
Jul 31, 2013 / Feature / E. Tammy Kim
Obama’s Better Bargain and Our Perverse Politics Obama’s Better Bargain and Our Perverse Politics
Obama’s better bargain is a disturbing snapshot of a skewed political system.
Jul 31, 2013 / George Zornick
Fed Up With Larry Summers Fed Up With Larry Summers
His appointment as next chair of the Federal Reserve would be a clear sign that narrow financial interests are still in charge of the Democratic Party.
Jul 31, 2013 / William Greider
It’s Time for ‘Poverty in the Trenches’ Hearings It’s Time for ‘Poverty in the Trenches’ Hearings
We need a series of hearings to hear from those who are “in the trenches” fighting poverty.
Jul 31, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann