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May 17, 2006
Inequality Counts
The relentless reduction of taxes on the wealthy has created a profound inequality between the very rich and the bottom half of American society, affecting every aspect of daily life.
Leon Friedman
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April 17, 2006
Tax Refund Scheme Targets the Working Poor
Corporate tax preparers like H&R Block continue to target taxpayers hungry for rapid refunds with questionable loans.
Bernice Yeung
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October 20, 2005
Robbing the Poor
As House Republicans use the cost of recovery from Gulf Coast storms as an excuse to rip last-minute holes in the social safety net, it’s not too late to change priorities.
Sharon Lerner
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October 13, 2005
Squeezing the Have-Nots
Fitful efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast unfold against a backdrop of looming economic disaster: rising unemployment and interest rates, misplaced priorities and a recession that will hurt the weakest most.
William Greider
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September 20, 2005
Bush Finally Sees Poor People
It takes a hurricane to raise awareness that the numbers of poor people are growing on George Bush’s watch. Will that be enough for the President to begin to level the playing field?
Robert Scheer
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April 26, 2005
Lessons From the Social Security Debate
A better approach to measuring poverty.
Jared Bernstein and Mark Greenberg
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April 21, 2005
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December 2, 2004
False Promises
In American Dream, his masterful new book about welfare reform, Jason DeParle brings together two groups of people who rarely seem to meet: welfare policy-makers and welfare recipients.
Jennifer Egan
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October 21, 2004
Straight Down the Middle
Not being “middle class,” the poor have been invisible in this campaign.
Eyal Press
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September 2, 2004
Poverty in the Suburbs
Hidden in a Census Bureau report on poverty released in late August is a factoid with significant political and social consequences. Poverty has moved to the suburbs.
Peter Dreier