Unions and Environmentalists: A Match Made with Difficulty Unions and Environmentalists: A Match Made with Difficulty
How labor and environmentalists in California are finding common cause.
Aug 7, 2013 / Madeline Ostrander
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
Veto Decision Looms for DC Retail Living Wage Bill Veto Decision Looms for DC Retail Living Wage Bill
The bill, requiring hourly compensation of $12.50, is a high-profile challenge to Walmart’s business model.
Aug 7, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Interns at a Civil Rights Org Say They Were Fired for Disrespecting Walmart Interns at a Civil Rights Org Say They Were Fired for Disrespecting Walmart
Interns at the Organization for Chinese Americans say they were fired for disrespecting Wal-Mart.
Aug 5, 2013 / Lee Fang
Did Scott Walker Really Go and Compare Himself to Franklin Roosevelt? Did Scott Walker Really Go and Compare Himself to Franklin Roosevelt?
An anti-labor governor tries to claim the mantle of the president who championed collective bargaining. Fail!
Aug 3, 2013 / John Nichols
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
Are Street Protests Next in the Fight Over Education Reform? Are Street Protests Next in the Fight Over Education Reform?
Showdowns in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York City and beyond have turned out parents and teachers in droves—and revealed how out of touch education reformers really are.
Jul 31, 2013 / Amy B. Dean