How to Close the Gender Wage Gap in Just Seven Easy* Steps How to Close the Gender Wage Gap in Just Seven Easy* Steps
Want to end pay discrimination? All it takes is raising the minimum wage, increasing unionization and passing family leave policies!
Apr 17, 2012 / Bryce Covert
The Senate Can and Should Save the Postal Service The Senate Can and Should Save the Postal Service
Congress is debating various slash-and-burn proposals that would lead to privatization of the postal service. But it does not have to happen. The USPS is not broke. It ought t...
Apr 17, 2012 / John Nichols
Can Obama Convince Voters That the Economy Is Improving? Can Obama Convince Voters That the Economy Is Improving?
The recession is not as bad as it could have been, but that won’t win over voters this fall.
Apr 16, 2012 / Press Room
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Hilary Rosen Debate Is a Distraction Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Hilary Rosen Debate Is a Distraction
How can presidential candidates sway women voters this election season?
Apr 16, 2012 / Press Room
Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare
Neither Republicans nor Democrats treat parenting as work, and thousands of poor women are living in poverty today as living proof of that fact.
Apr 16, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Six Rigged Rules Corporations Use to Dodge Taxes Six Rigged Rules Corporations Use to Dodge Taxes
By manipulating offshore havens, bogus bailouts and other loopholes, US corporations have gotten their tax rates down to a forty-year low.
Apr 16, 2012 / Sarah Anderson and Scott Klinger
John Nichols: The Power of Symbolism John Nichols: The Power of Symbolism
Governor Scott Walker attempted to pit Wisconsin workers against each other. But the effect was the opposite of what he had intended.
Apr 13, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
This Week in Poverty: Will Pennsylvania Rip Another Hole in the Safety Net? This Week in Poverty: Will Pennsylvania Rip Another Hole in the Safety Net?
Nearly 70,000 Pennsylvanians depend on General Assistance, the safety net of last resort. Governor Tom Corbett wants the program eliminated.
Apr 13, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Why Hilary Rosen Is Right Why Hilary Rosen Is Right
Ann Romney is out of touch with most American women.
Apr 12, 2012 / Jessica Valenti
¿Puede ‘Caring Across Generations’ cambiar al mundo? ¿Puede ‘Caring Across Generations’ cambiar al mundo?
Una nueva organización une a prestadores y destinatarios de cuidados domiciliarios para personas mayores o discapacitadas, bajo una perspectiva revolucionaria.
Apr 12, 2012 / Laura Flanders