Men Want Work-Family Balance, and Policy Should Help Them Achieve It Men Want Work-Family Balance, and Policy Should Help Them Achieve It
Until men are also expected to take time away from work to be with children, workers of both genders face a vicious cycle.
Jul 9, 2013 / Bryce Covert
This July 4 Weekend in Poverty: Get Involved in the Fight Against Poverty This July 4 Weekend in Poverty: Get Involved in the Fight Against Poverty
If we wanted to end poverty we could. Here are some groups you can get involved with that are leading the way.
Jul 5, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Sequestration Watch: Hunger by the Numbers Sequestration Watch: Hunger by the Numbers
Think sequestration isn’t having much of an effect? Check out the impact on food and hunger programs in the US and abroad.
Jul 3, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Oh, Right, the Jobs Crisis Oh, Right, the Jobs Crisis
With a 7.6 percent unemployment rate, and much higher youth unemployment, job creation must remain on the agenda.
Jul 3, 2013 / John Nichols
Chicago Rising! Chicago Rising!
A resurgent protest culture fights back against Rahm Emanuel’s austerity agenda.
Jul 2, 2013 / Feature / Rick Perlstein
Elizabeth Warren Tackles Wall Street Elizabeth Warren Tackles Wall Street
The reform-minded senator talks tough, and she knows where the bodies are buried.
Jul 2, 2013 / Feature / William Greider
Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Mom Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Mom
I leaned out when I should have leaned in. But the problem is about much more than individual women’s choices.
Jul 2, 2013 / Feature / Ashley Nelson
How America Makes Having a Baby a Nearly Impossible Expense How America Makes Having a Baby a Nearly Impossible Expense
From childbirth to maternity leave to childcare, American women far outspend their peers in the developed world.
Jul 1, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Greg Kaufmann: Low-Wage Work Is Far From Living-Wage Work Greg Kaufmann: Low-Wage Work Is Far From Living-Wage Work
The Nation's Greg Kaufmann joins Bill Moyers to explain why the need for food stamps is growing.
Jul 1, 2013 / Press Room
This Week in Poverty: The Unfinished March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom This Week in Poverty: The Unfinished March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute examines the unfinished—and widely forgotten—agenda of the March on Washington fifty years ago.
Jun 28, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann