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
De Blasio’s Pick of Wiley Means Practical Paths to Lofty Goals De Blasio’s Pick of Wiley Means Practical Paths to Lofty Goals
The mayor’s new counsel has wedded incisive analysis of race and poverty to practical policy ideas that would make government a positive force across communities.
Feb 19, 2014 / Blog / Jarrett Murphy
Would You Want Your 12-Year-Old Child Picking Tobacco? Would You Want Your 12-Year-Old Child Picking Tobacco?
Fusion and the Nation I-Fund report on the thousands of child farmworkers laboring in American tobacco fields.
Feb 5, 2014 / Nation in the News / Press Room
The Government Is a Terrible Marriage Matchmaker The Government Is a Terrible Marriage Matchmaker
Conservatives want to see more marriages, but the government has a poor track record of getting people together.
Jan 28, 2014 / Blog / Bryce Covert
If Members of Congress Hear From Americans Living in Poverty, Will They Do Something About It? If Members of Congress Hear From Americans Living in Poverty, Will They Do Something About It?
Amy Treptow came to Washington to tell her story of climbing out of poverty. Some elected officials were more interested than others.
Jan 27, 2014 / Greg Kaufmann