Progressive Insurgents Are Propelling Democrats Into the Future Progressive Insurgents Are Propelling Democrats Into the Future
Democrats would be wise to embrace the passion that progressive insurgents are bringing to the fight.
Jul 10, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Can a New Kind of Payday Lender Help the Poor? Can a New Kind of Payday Lender Help the Poor?
Oakland’s Community Check Cashing offers an unusual alternative for the underbanked.
Jul 9, 2018 / Susie Cagle
Real Border Security Comes From a Moral Foreign Policy Real Border Security Comes From a Moral Foreign Policy
Rather than build internment camps, the US should build equitable relationships with Latin America and the Caribbean.
Jul 6, 2018 / Danny Glover and Rep. Ro Khanna
Criminalizing Homelessness Violates Basic Human Rights Criminalizing Homelessness Violates Basic Human Rights
Despite a UN report on poverty in the US, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti doubles down on cruel, anti-poor laws.
Jul 5, 2018 / John Raphling
The Poor People’s Campaign Is Just Getting Started The Poor People’s Campaign Is Just Getting Started
Meet three leaders—an 83-year-old labor activist, a mom from Appalachia, and a homeless community organizer—who are trying to flip the dominant narrative of poverty in America.
Jun 25, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann
Why We Need a Wider Foreign-Policy Debate Why We Need a Wider Foreign-Policy Debate
The establishment consensus has failed. Citizen intervention can change that.
Jun 20, 2018 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Americans Are Drowning in Student-Loan Debt. The US Should Forgive All of It. Americans Are Drowning in Student-Loan Debt. The US Should Forgive All of It.
No young person should be condemned to debt for pursuing the higher education or technical training that virtually everyone agrees is vital to this nation’s future.
Jun 19, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
At the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Students Are Organizing to Survive At the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Students Are Organizing to Survive
Pitt’s grad-student union joins three other universities in the state that are fighting the same union-busting law firm.
Jun 18, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld
In One of the Richest Countries in the World, Extreme Poverty Is on the Rise In One of the Richest Countries in the World, Extreme Poverty Is on the Rise
A new book shows the impact of the financial crisis on everyday lives.
Jun 18, 2018 / Beverly Gologorsky
The Poor People’s Campaign Is Changing the Moral Narrative of Congress The Poor People’s Campaign Is Changing the Moral Narrative of Congress
Activists are getting at least some members of Congress to listen to the real stories of poverty and injustice in America.
Jun 14, 2018 / John Nichols