Fighting Poverty Is Part of Education Reform Fighting Poverty Is Part of Education Reform
The children struggling the hardest in school also happen to be some of the poorest in the country.
Sep 17, 2012 / Chris Hayes
Predistribution: A Big, New Idea Predistribution: A Big, New Idea
As the income gap widens, British Labour leaders say a “tax and spend” approach isn't enough.
Sep 17, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Stimulus Alone Won’t Fix the Economy The Stimulus Alone Won’t Fix the Economy
A sweet day for the financial traders does not necessarily translate into good news for Joe Sixpack.
Sep 14, 2012 / William Greider
This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO) This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO)
Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West’s Poverty Tour 2.0 arrived in Virginia, and high school students had a lot to say about their own struggles with poverty.
Sep 14, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Is America Broke? Not With a Robin Hood Tax Is America Broke? Not With a Robin Hood Tax
The country should look to Congressman Keith Ellison, not Paul Ryan for a fiscal vision.
Sep 14, 2012 / John Nichols
Astra Taylor: Your Debt Is Not Your Fault! Astra Taylor: Your Debt Is Not Your Fault!
Occupy activists are moving debt from the personal to the political.
Sep 13, 2012 / The Nation
Welcome to ‘Poverty Day’: The One Time of Year When America Cares About the Poor Welcome to ‘Poverty Day’: The One Time of Year When America Cares About the Poor
We need to stop looking at poverty as a separate phenomenon from the rest of the economy—an economy with a proliferation of low-wage jobs and a weak and inequitable recovery.
Sep 13, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege
Whenever the Romneys get off script, they forget to pretend that they haven’t always been rich.
Sep 11, 2012 / Ben Adler
Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan? Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan?
The Republican vice presidential nominee is part of an economic royalist cabal that has stalled action on farm and food legislation that’s essential to working farmers, rural...
Sep 11, 2012 / John Nichols
Bill Clinton: The Great Deregulator Bill Clinton: The Great Deregulator
Bill Clinton bears as much responsibility as any politician for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Sep 10, 2012 / Robert Scheer