This Week in Poverty: Revealing the Real TANF This Week in Poverty: Revealing the Real TANF
The TANF program expires in March, and the American people need to know what it’s all about before it’s renewed.
Feb 8, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Walmart Workers Are Back on Strike Over a New Wave of Alleged Threats Walmart Workers Are Back on Strike Over a New Wave of Alleged Threats
Workers are protesting a new round of alleged intimidation tactics.
Feb 7, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
The Best Sequester Plan in Washington The Best Sequester Plan in Washington
An even mix between cuts and revenue increases, eliminating wasteful Pentagon spending and tax loopholes for the wealthy, all while investing in job creation. What’s not to l...
Feb 6, 2013 / George Zornick
The Missing Link in Obama’s Liberalism The Missing Link in Obama’s Liberalism
The president's inaugural address touched all the important bases, except one.
Feb 6, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
Postal Cuts Are Austerity on Steroids Postal Cuts Are Austerity on Steroids
The decision to cut Saturday delivery should be seen as equivalent to a deep cut to Social Security. A vital service is being attacked in pursuit of privatization.
Feb 6, 2013 / John Nichols
How Two-Tier Union Contracts Became Labor’s Undoing How Two-Tier Union Contracts Became Labor’s Undoing
Establishing lower pay for new hires, these agreements have undermined union solidarity by opening a gulf between generations.
Feb 6, 2013 / Feature / Louis Uchitelle
The Great Regression The Great Regression
The decline of the progressive income tax and the rise of inequality.
Feb 6, 2013 / Feature / Sam Pizzigati and Chuck Collins
Why Don’t White-Collar Criminals Get Equal Time? Why Don’t White-Collar Criminals Get Equal Time?
The Justice Department is suing Standard & Poor’s. But why isn’t anyone going to jail?
Feb 5, 2013 / William Greider
Twenty Years After the FMLA, Our Family Leave Policies Are Dragging Us Down Twenty Years After the FMLA, Our Family Leave Policies Are Dragging Us Down
The rest of the developed world has left us in the dust since we enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993.
Feb 5, 2013 / Bryce Covert
More Families Suffer Financial Hardship When They Take FMLA Leave More Families Suffer Financial Hardship When They Take FMLA Leave
New data shows families are resorting to ever more drastic measures when faced with unpaid leave.
Feb 4, 2013 / Bryce Covert