Faced With Unequal Pay, Some Women Opt Out Faced With Unequal Pay, Some Women Opt Out
Here’s another sign that higher education may not be a panacea for women in the workforce.
Mar 13, 2012 / Bryce Covert
Have We Gone From a Mancession to a Shecovery? Not Quite. Have We Gone From a Mancession to a Shecovery? Not Quite.
A closer look shows that women are still getting left out of the economic recovery.
Mar 12, 2012 / Bryce Covert
Katrina vanden Heuvel: This Will Be a Historic Year for Women Katrina vanden Heuvel: This Will Be a Historic Year for Women
The Republicans are trying to overturn decades of women’s rights victories.
Mar 9, 2012 / Press Room
This Week in Poverty: Welfare Reform—From Bad to Worse This Week in Poverty: Welfare Reform—From Bad to Worse
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for poor people.
Mar 9, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Just How Out of Touch Are the Romneys? Just How Out of Touch Are the Romneys?
If Romney wins Ohio, he’ll be in a good position to win the nomination. But that doesn’t mean voters like him.
Mar 6, 2012 / Press Room
2012: Year of the Co-Op! VIDEO 2012: Year of the Co-Op! VIDEO
Around the world, a billion people belong to co-ops. The top 300 have combined sales in excess of $1 trillion. That’s according to the United Nations. That’s right, it'...
Mar 2, 2012 / Laura Flanders
This Week in Poverty: Hunger—Where We Are, Where We Need to Be This Week in Poverty: Hunger—Where We Are, Where We Need to Be
The food stamp program is up for reauthorization and three new studies indicate what needs to be done if we want to protect and strengthen it.
Mar 2, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
The Failure of Austerity The Failure of Austerity
The eurocrisis fully exposes the folly of deficit mania in a time of recession. So why are the GOP candidates still oblivious?
Feb 29, 2012 / The Editors
Greece in Meltdown Greece in Meltdown
In less than two years, Athens has changed from a reasonably prosperous capital to a broken city.
Feb 29, 2012 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
Why the GOP Can’t Win in Michigan Why the GOP Can’t Win in Michigan
As Santorum and Romney battle each other in Michigan, the Republicans are losing the state.
Feb 28, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel