Single Moms Take Note: California Considers Raising the Minimum Wage to $13 Single Moms Take Note: California Considers Raising the Minimum Wage to $13
A new study says the change could save lives and improve health statewide—good news for the 40 percent of poor households led by single women.
May 23, 2014 / Dani McClain
What White Privilege Looks Like When You’re Poor What White Privilege Looks Like When You’re Poor
A new bill proposed by the House Appropriations Committee focuses on tackling rural, not urban, hunger thereby focusing efforts on poor whites rather than people of color.
May 22, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
LIVE: How to Reclaim Our Democracy From the Corporations LIVE: How to Reclaim Our Democracy From the Corporations
Watch John Nichols at the Kansas City Library as he talks about his book Dollarocracy.
May 22, 2014 / John Nichols
Beating Monsanto in the Food Fight: Oregon Counties Vote to Ban GMO Crops Beating Monsanto in the Food Fight: Oregon Counties Vote to Ban GMO Crops
Local votes with national implications see farmers and allies prove the power of local democracy.
May 21, 2014 / John Nichols
Ohio Will Stop Using Solitary Confinement to Punish Kids Ohio Will Stop Using Solitary Confinement to Punish Kids
A federal settlement to eliminate the use of seclusion on juvenile offenders is the first of its kind.
May 21, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
How Teachers Are Fighting to Change One of the Most Segregated School Districts in the Country How Teachers Are Fighting to Change One of the Most Segregated School Districts in the Country
“They’ve lost before they even walked into that room,” said a Brooklyn English teacher. “They’re already telling themselves, ‘I can’t,&rsq...
May 21, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Decrying Ukraine’s ‘Fascists,’ Putin Is Allying With Europe’s Far Right Decrying Ukraine’s ‘Fascists,’ Putin Is Allying With Europe’s Far Right
The truth is fascists aren’t going to rule either Ukraine or Western Europe anytime soon.
May 21, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Tea Party vs Establishment: Who Won the GOP Beauty Pageant in Georgia? Tea Party vs Establishment: Who Won the GOP Beauty Pageant in Georgia?
The establishment candidates beat the wingnuts by showing up at the same party, but in better suits.
May 21, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Why Is the VA Suffering From a Lack of Resources in the First Place? Why Is the VA Suffering From a Lack of Resources in the First Place?
Today’s lesson is quite simple: after conflicts are over, we need to fully fund the healthcare and medical needs of our veterans. Forever.
May 21, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mitch Won, and Kentucky Braces for a Money Bomb Mitch Won, and Kentucky Braces for a Money Bomb
The Kentucky Senate race figures to be among the most expensive in the country, and that's likely to become an issue itself in the race.
May 21, 2014 / George Zornick