Saving Our Cities with Fair Taxes Saving Our Cities with Fair Taxes
With no tax justice coming from Washington, municipalities across the country will have to take matters into their own hands to save the jobs and social lifelines on which their co...
Dec 20, 2010 / Brad Lander
Decriminalizing Poverty Decriminalizing Poverty
America doesn't have a drug problem. It has a poverty problem.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Bruce Western
Motel-land Motel-land
For Americans teetering on the edge of poverty, in other rooms there are other trials.
Dec 2, 2010 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Will Congress Turn Its Back on Jobless Americans? Will Congress Turn Its Back on Jobless Americans?
A minority in the House of Representatives has blocked reauthorization of federal unemployment benefits. If Congress doesn't act quickly, the long-term unemployed will start dr...
Nov 23, 2010 / Christine Owens
The ‘Giving’ Season The ‘Giving’ Season
What's so bad about big-ticket philanthropy? Nothing—except that it lets the wealthy decide how to spend money that would be the Treasury's.
Nov 17, 2010 / David Nasaw
City of Ruins City of Ruins
Camden, New Jersey, stands as a warning of what huge pockets of America could turn into.
Nov 4, 2010 / Feature / Chris Hedges
UBC’s Downtown Eastside Gamelan Project UBC’s Downtown Eastside Gamelan Project
Students discover the healing powers of music in Canada's poorest neighourbood
Oct 26, 2010 / StudentNation / Will Tao
The Face of an American Lost Generation The Face of an American Lost Generation
Unemployed and stranded on the sidelines of a job crisis.
Oct 5, 2010 / Andy Kroll
Congress Wants to Cut Food Stamps to Fund School Lunches Congress Wants to Cut Food Stamps to Fund School Lunches
Anti-hunger activists explain why cutting food stamps is going to hurt kids.
Oct 3, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette
Talking Social Security Talking Social Security
It's time to get serious about sustaining social security.
Oct 1, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel