Economy

This Week in Poverty: Citizen Obama and the Anti-Poverty/Pro-Prosperity People

This Week in Poverty: Citizen Obama and the Anti-Poverty/Pro-Prosperity People This Week in Poverty: Citizen Obama and the Anti-Poverty/Pro-Prosperity People

President Obama laid out the right vision—what will the anti-poverty movement do to help get us there?

Jan 25, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

Workers Tell OSHA They Were Locked Inside Target Stores Overnight

Workers Tell OSHA They Were Locked Inside Target Stores Overnight Workers Tell OSHA They Were Locked Inside Target Stores Overnight

Target doesn’t deny that its contractors lock all the doors on the graveyard shift.

Jan 25, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

Guns vs. Butter Guns vs. Butter

Eric on Jazz at Lincoln Center and Reed on reining in defense spending.

Jan 24, 2013 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Old, Female and Homeless

Old, Female and Homeless Old, Female and Homeless

Life on San Francisco’s streets for women over 50 is filled with hardships, small and large.

Jan 23, 2013 / Feature / Rose Aguilar

Google’s Monopoly on the News

Google’s Monopoly on the News Google’s Monopoly on the News

Left undiscussed in the FTC’s investigation is the search giant’s ability to limit what we all read.  

Jan 23, 2013 / Editorial / William F. Baker

What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty

What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty

It makes no sense to suggest that a poor child could ever have “the same chance to succeed as anybody else.”

Jan 22, 2013 / Blog / Betsy Reed

Labor Campaign Pushes Healthcare as a Human Right, Not a Business Labor Campaign Pushes Healthcare as a Human Right, Not a Business

Inspired by Vermont’s successful drive for universal healthcare, the Labor Campaign for Single-Payer is working with activists from Maine, California and Oregon to expand healthcar...

Jan 22, 2013 / Micah Uetricht

‘Roe’ at 40: The Economic Divide That Denies Low-Income Women Their Right to an Abortion

‘Roe’ at 40: The Economic Divide That Denies Low-Income Women Their Right to an Abortion ‘Roe’ at 40: The Economic Divide That Denies Low-Income Women Their Right to an Abortion

Accessing an abortion has increasingly become the province of the well to do.

Jan 22, 2013 / Blog / Bryce Covert

Barack Obama Charts an Arc of History That Bends Toward Justice

Barack Obama Charts an Arc of History That Bends Toward Justice Barack Obama Charts an Arc of History That Bends Toward Justice

Obama’s second inaugural address laid out a new progressive vision. Now we must make it real.

Jan 21, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

This President Can—and Must—Claim a Mandate to Govern This President Can—and Must—Claim a Mandate to Govern

Like FDR, Obama should use his second inaugural address to make the vital connection between election results and governing results.

Jan 20, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

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