Lost Causes Not Yet Found Lost Causes Not Yet Found
In Defying Dixie, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore seeks to reclaim the radical origins of the modern civil rights struggle.
Apr 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Kevin M. Kruse
Hearts and Minds Hearts and Minds
Is there more to racism in America than intolerance and immorality? Four books shed light.
Apr 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue
Environmentalism With a Social Conscience Environmentalism With a Social Conscience
At the eighteenth annual Bioneers Conference, environmentalists and social activists are creating alliances that allow the poor to share the promise of a greening America.
Nov 7, 2007 / Feature / Joliange Wright
Summer Lunch Crunch Summer Lunch Crunch
It's going to be a hungry summer for low-income kids on vacation from school lunch programs.
Jun 7, 2007 / Herman Schwartz
The New Suburban Poverty The New Suburban Poverty
For the first time, more poor Americans live in the nation's suburbs than in all our cities combined.
Apr 13, 2007 / Feature / Eyal Press
Home Truths Home Truths
That poor children in the United States and Britain have the worst quality of life in the developed world speaks volumes about our misplaced priorities.
Feb 22, 2007 / The Editors
Inequality Counts 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 li...
May 17, 2006 / Feature / Leon Friedman
Tax Refund Scheme Targets the Working Poor 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.
Apr 17, 2006 / Feature / Bernice Yeung
Robbing the Poor 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.
Oct 20, 2005 / Sharon Lerner
Squeezing the Have-Nots 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 w...
Oct 13, 2005 / William Greider