Poverty

Now the Real Obamacare Fight Begins

Now the Real Obamacare Fight Begins Now the Real Obamacare Fight Begins

Three things we need right now if the Affordable Care Act is going to create a functioning and equitable healthcare system.

Jun 25, 2015 / Kai Wright

Veto the Hartley-Taft labor bill

June 23, 1947: Congress Overrides Truman’s Veto of the Taft-Hartley Labor Management Relations Act June 23, 1947: Congress Overrides Truman’s Veto of the Taft-Hartley Labor Management Relations Act

“A bad bill has become bad law.”

Jun 23, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

Pope Francis Versus Wall Street

Pope Francis Versus Wall Street Pope Francis Versus Wall Street

The pope's encyclical on climate change is a call for economic justice.

Jun 23, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Fast Food Wages

What Fast-Food Workers Are Fighting For What Fast-Food Workers Are Fighting For

The New York State Labor Department’s fast food Wage Board this week showed why a pay raise can’t come soon enough for fast food workers.

Jun 17, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How to Defend the Indefensible How to Defend the Indefensible

The issue isn't police misconduct—the issue is rap music and baggy pants!

Jun 16, 2015 / Comix Nation / Tom Tomorrow

US Navy aircraft carrier

The US Base More Secret Than Guantánamo The US Base More Secret Than Guantánamo

One US military base, decades of lies, and a crime that has never been faced or righted.

Jun 15, 2015 / David Vine

The Obama Administration Is Expanding a Program to Fix Up Public Housing—Too Bad the Program Might Also Privatize It

The Obama Administration Is Expanding a Program to Fix Up Public Housing—Too Bad the Program Might Also Privatize It The Obama Administration Is Expanding a Program to Fix Up Public Housing—Too Bad the Program Might Also Privatize It

Is the Rental Assistance Development Program the best, flawed option for saving public housing—or a new attempt to dismantle it?

Jun 9, 2015 / Jake Blumgart

Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas

Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas

Twenty-one states have refused to expand Medicaid, leaving millions of sick Americans without decent healthcare.

Jun 2, 2015 / Feature / Kai Wright

A Real Anti-Poverty Movement Can’t Be Led By Millionaires

A Real Anti-Poverty Movement Can’t Be Led By Millionaires A Real Anti-Poverty Movement Can’t Be Led By Millionaires

Those of us who spend our lives worrying about making rent and buying our kids new crayons need better representation.

May 28, 2015 / Linda Tirado

Want to Cut Welfare? There’s an App for That.

Want to Cut Welfare? There’s an App for That. Want to Cut Welfare? There’s an App for That.

Conservatives explore cutting benefits behind a high-tech facade.

May 27, 2015 / Feature / Virginia Eubanks

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