A. Philip Randolph Was Right: ‘We Will Need To Continue Demonstrations’ A. Philip Randolph Was Right: ‘We Will Need To Continue Demonstrations’
Why we still need a “Freedom Budget for All Americans.”
Apr 15, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
‘Bogus and Unconscionably High Fees’: How Tax Preparers Are Preying on Low-Income People ‘Bogus and Unconscionably High Fees’: How Tax Preparers Are Preying on Low-Income People
Stephen Black appears on Melissa Harris-Perry to discuss how predators set up shop and grab a cut of their victims’ tax refunds.
Apr 14, 2014 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry
Why Is California Penalizing Poor Women for Wanting to Be Parents? Why Is California Penalizing Poor Women for Wanting to Be Parents?
California is known for protecting a woman’s right to choose. Will this be the year the state extends that same right to poor women?
Apr 8, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain
A Democrat-Sponsored Tax Cut Calls the GOP’s Anti-Poverty Bluff A Democrat-Sponsored Tax Cut Calls the GOP’s Anti-Poverty Bluff
A proposal to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit will test Republicans' professed support for the program.
Mar 26, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Starving College Students and the Shredded Social Contract Starving College Students and the Shredded Social Contract
Economic desperation among college students helps explain why millenials don’t believe in small government.
Mar 17, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence
Most states shut down their debtors’ prisons more than 100 years ago; in 2005, Harpersville, Alabama, opened one back up.
Mar 14, 2014 / Feature / Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville
Rep. Barbara Lee Hits Back at Paul Ryan’s Dog-Whistle Politics Rep. Barbara Lee Hits Back at Paul Ryan’s Dog-Whistle Politics
What Paul Ryan really means when he lambasts “inner city” culture.
Mar 12, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh
Paul Ryan’s Culture Canard Paul Ryan’s Culture Canard
“Inner-city men,” says Ryan, need to learn the “value and the culture of work.”
Mar 12, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
Paul Ryan’s CPAC Speech Was Based on a Lie Paul Ryan’s CPAC Speech Was Based on a Lie
The kid in Ryan’s “full stomach…empty soul” CPAC speech is actually an advocate for free school lunches.
Mar 7, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
Will New Leadership at NYC’s Social Service Agency Mean New Dignity for the Poor? Will New Leadership at NYC’s Social Service Agency Mean New Dignity for the Poor?
Steven Banks has been on the front lines of the battle to get New York mayors to keep their obligations to the poor. Now he’ll be the mayor’s front-man on those policie...
Mar 1, 2014 / Blog / Jarrett Murphy