Guns vs. Butter Guns vs. Butter
Eric on Jazz at Lincoln Center and Reed on reining in defense spending.
Jan 24, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Old, Female and Homeless Old, Female and Homeless
Life on San Francisco’s streets for women over 50 is filled with hardships, small and large.
Jan 23, 2013 / Feature / Rose Aguilar
What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty
It makes no sense to suggest that a poor child could ever have “the same chance to succeed as anybody else.”
Jan 22, 2013 / Betsy Reed
‘Roe’ at 40: The Economic Divide That Denies Low-Income Women Their Right to an Abortion ‘Roe’ at 40: The Economic Divide That Denies Low-Income Women Their Right to an Abortion
Accessing an abortion has increasingly become the province of the well to do.
Jan 22, 2013 / Bryce Covert
‘Investigations Weren’t Being Done. We Changed That’: A Q&A With Hilda Solis ‘Investigations Weren’t Being Done. We Changed That’: A Q&A With Hilda Solis
Hilda Solis talks to The Nation about getting the Labor Department its teeth back, her worst moment as secretary and her legacy.
Jan 18, 2013 / Sasha Abramsky
This Week in Poverty: An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013? This Week in Poverty: An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013?
An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013 might help grow the movement.
Jan 18, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
What ‘Girls’ and ‘Shameless’ Teach Us About Being Broke, and Being Poor What ‘Girls’ and ‘Shameless’ Teach Us About Being Broke, and Being Poor
Girls’s Hannah and Shameless’s Fiona are both penniless twentysomethings finding their way through big cities, but Hannah has a college degree—and a safety net.
Jan 17, 2013 / Nona Willis Aronowitz
Walmart Cuts Off ‘Brief Courtship’ With Warehouse Worker Group Walmart Cuts Off ‘Brief Courtship’ With Warehouse Worker Group
After an initial meeting, Walmart has told a union-backed warehouse workers group it decided to break it off.
Jan 17, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Is the Global Economic Establishment Taking a Progressive Turn? Is the Global Economic Establishment Taking a Progressive Turn?
A recent conference at the influential Peterson Institute began to acknowledge inhumanities that globilization boosters have long ignored.
Jan 15, 2013 / William Greider
Why Bernie Sanders Objects to Obama’s Treasury Nominee Why Bernie Sanders Objects to Obama’s Treasury Nominee
&qlduo;We need a treasury secretary who is prepared to stand up to corporate America and their powerful lobbyists and fight for policies that protect the working families in our co...
Jan 11, 2013 / John Nichols