Kai Wright

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Kai Wright is editor and host of WNYC’s narrative unit, and a columnist for The Nation.

Hard Knocks in the Bronx Hard Knocks in the Bronx

Meet Ginnina Slowe, resident of the nation’s poorest urban county, where poverty is expensive—especially when you try to get out of it.

Dec 14, 2011 / Feature / Kai Wright

Bad Credit: How Payday Lenders Evade Regulation

Bad Credit: How Payday Lenders Evade Regulation Bad Credit: How Payday Lenders Evade Regulation

The $30 billion-a-year industry continues to fleece borrowers with high rates and shady terms.

Apr 6, 2011 / Feature / Kai Wright

The Inherent Self-Destruction of Government-vs.-the People Ideology The Inherent Self-Destruction of Government-vs.-the People Ideology

The violence in Arizona is about more than Sarah Palin's semantics. It's an indictment of decades' worth of right-wing enemy-in-our-midst politics and governance.

Jan 10, 2011 / Kai Wright

Obama’s Bizarre Celebration of a Slave Republic’s ‘Compromises’ Obama’s Bizarre Celebration of a Slave Republic’s ‘Compromises’

The president said many objectionable things in selling his tax- cut plan, but his assertions about America's history of compromising was too much to stomach.

Dec 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Kai Wright

In Defense of Government

In Defense of Government In Defense of Government

Obama must realize he's fighting about more than tax cuts. It's a defining battle and he can win, if he'd just join it.

Dec 6, 2010 / Kai Wright

Economy, Not Health Care or Deficits, Drove Midterm Vote Economy, Not Health Care or Deficits, Drove Midterm Vote

This week’s Republican "tsunami" is textbook politics: voters united around, well, the same frustrations they had two years ago.

Nov 3, 2010 / Kai Wright

Foreclosure Fraud Fallout

Foreclosure Fraud Fallout Foreclosure Fraud Fallout

As long as Obama allows banks to write their own rules on foreclosure, he's a willful participant in their ongoing scam.

Oct 20, 2010 / Kai Wright

Jobs and Income Data Add Up to an Historically Unequal Future Jobs and Income Data Add Up to an Historically Unequal Future

The recession’s legacy will be an unprecedentedly imbalanced, winner-takes-all economy.

Oct 8, 2010 / Kai Wright

The Poverty Nation Washington Built The Poverty Nation Washington Built

The massive job losses between 2008 and 2009 were surely the biggest factor in the record poverty numbers the Census just reported. But those harrowing months were neither the be...

Sep 17, 2010 / Kai Wright

Glenn Beck’s Perverse Revision of King’s Dream Is Nothing New

Glenn Beck’s Perverse Revision of King’s Dream Is Nothing New Glenn Beck’s Perverse Revision of King’s Dream Is Nothing New

As long as rightwingers remain the loudest voices talking about race, they'll continue to dominate the conversation.

Aug 27, 2010 / Kai Wright

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