The BRICS: Challengers to the Global Status Quo The BRICS: Challengers to the Global Status Quo
Can the BRICS wrest control of the global economy from the United States and Europe, or will their internal contradictions tear them apart?
Sep 4, 2014 / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus
The Republican Playbook for Cutting Anti-Poverty Programs The Republican Playbook for Cutting Anti-Poverty Programs
Paul Ryan’s poverty plan uses old tricks to make deep cuts.
Sep 3, 2014 / Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert
How Humanitarian Aid Weakened Post-Earthquake Haiti How Humanitarian Aid Weakened Post-Earthquake Haiti
The chaotic rebuilding effort has actually widened the country’s social rifts, bringing the first emancipated black Republic under the yoke of a new kind of imperialism.
Sep 2, 2014 / Michelle Chen
When Workplace Training Programs Actually Hinder Workers When Workplace Training Programs Actually Hinder Workers
After decades of investment in federal job training initiatives, it’s still difficult to see how much these programs are actually helping workers.
Aug 25, 2014 / Michelle Chen
For the Sake of Michael Brown For the Sake of Michael Brown
We believe it is because not nearly enough capable people with resources in this region have heeded our pleas that we have reached this crisis point of complete breakdown. We need ...
Aug 22, 2014 / The St. Louis American Editorial Board
620,000 Military Families Rely on Food Pantries to Meet Basic Needs 620,000 Military Families Rely on Food Pantries to Meet Basic Needs
The stunning figure represents roughly a quarter of households of military members on active duty, the Reserves or the National Guard.
Aug 22, 2014 / Michelle Chen
How the Gates Foundation’s Investments Are Undermining Its Own Good Works How the Gates Foundation’s Investments Are Undermining Its Own Good Works
Its vast holdings in the fossil fuel and arms industries subvert the foundation’s battle against disease and poverty.
Aug 22, 2014 / Charles Piller
Paul Ryan’s Welfare Reform Ideas Are Even Worse Than You Think Paul Ryan’s Welfare Reform Ideas Are Even Worse Than You Think
Ryan is asking the poor to be more flexible in being oppressed.
Aug 15, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Why Is It So Controversial to Help Poor Mothers Afford Diapers? Why Is It So Controversial to Help Poor Mothers Afford Diapers?
A new bill would let families on welfare afford this basic necessity. What’s wrong with that?
Aug 13, 2014 / Bryce Covert
How Gender Changes Piketty’s ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ How Gender Changes Piketty’s ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’
Reading the economist’s book through a feminist lens reveals the need for a richer array of anti-inequality policies.
Aug 6, 2014 / Kathleen Geier, Kate Bahn, Joelle Gamble, Zillah Eisenstein, and Heather Boushey