Welcome to ‘Poverty Day’: The One Time of Year When America Cares About the Poor Welcome to ‘Poverty Day’: The One Time of Year When America Cares About the Poor
We need to stop looking at poverty as a separate phenomenon from the rest of the economy—an economy with a proliferation of low-wage jobs and a weak and inequitable recovery.
Sep 13, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan? Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan?
The Republican vice presidential nominee is part of an economic royalist cabal that has stalled action on farm and food legislation that’s essential to working farmers, rural...
Sep 11, 2012 / John Nichols
A Nun on the Podium Takes Apart Paul Ryan A Nun on the Podium Takes Apart Paul Ryan
One of the most powerful, and most powerfully-received speeches of the DNC was that of Sister Simone Campbell, one of the "Nuns on the Bus."
Sep 6, 2012 / John Nichols
Occupy 2.0: Strike Debt Occupy 2.0: Strike Debt
Bereft of their big tent at Zuccotti Park, activists have found a unifying theme in debt.
Sep 5, 2012 / Feature / Astra Taylor
Can Debt Spark a Revolution? Can Debt Spark a Revolution?
If Occupy evolves into a debt resistance movement, the results could be explosive.
Sep 5, 2012 / Feature / David Graeber
Romney and Ryan Ignore the Gipper Romney and Ryan Ignore the Gipper
Resorting to “root canal economics,” the Republicans are falling into a trap.
Aug 30, 2012 / William Greider
Why Subsidize CEOs? Why Subsidize CEOs?
Performance bonuses are tax deductible and subsidies for executive excess add up to over $14 billion a year. Enough is enough.
Aug 23, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Robert Reich’s Illustrated Guide to the Romney-Ryan Economic Plan Robert Reich’s Illustrated Guide to the Romney-Ryan Economic Plan
Economist Robert Reich took to the easel to break down the tenets of Paul Ryan's economic plan.
Aug 20, 2012 / Robert B. Reich
With Romney-Ryan, GOP Becomes Grand Old Private-Equity Party With Romney-Ryan, GOP Becomes Grand Old Private-Equity Party
Republicans once warned against “unfair money-getting.” Now, they are preparing to do even more to facilitate “vulture capitalism.”
Aug 20, 2012 / John Nichols
Paul Ryan: Cruel, Not Courageous Paul Ryan: Cruel, Not Courageous
The extremism of the vice presidential candidate’s blueprint for the GOP makes him the farthest thing from brave.
Aug 14, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel