The End of Welfare as I Knew It The End of Welfare as I Knew It
“When Clinton signed Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, I knew single mothers like me would suffer. Fifteen years later, millions have been kicked off the welfare rolls....
Dec 14, 2011 / Feature / Diana Spatz
The Unfathomable Cuts in Housing Aid The Unfathomable Cuts in Housing Aid
Ignoring the signs of dire need, the government is slashing its housing budget.
Dec 14, 2011 / Feature / Patrick Markee
Hard Knocks in the Bronx Hard Knocks in the Bronx
Meet Ginnina Slowe, resident of the nation’s poorest urban county, where poverty is expensive—especially when you try to get out of it.
Dec 14, 2011 / Feature / Kai Wright
A Proud, Angry Poor A Proud, Angry Poor
What the Occupy movement could do for poor people—and vice versa.
Dec 14, 2011 / Feature / Frances Fox Piven
Showdown in the Eurozone Showdown in the Eurozone
The strange thing about last week’s Brussels compact is that it is irrelevant to the task at hand—avoiding collapse of the euro.
Dec 14, 2011 / Andy Robinson
Can Paul Ryan—and His Agenda—Be Beat? It’s Possible Can Paul Ryan—and His Agenda—Be Beat? It’s Possible
A new poll suggests that the pointman for the Republican assault on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid could lose.
Dec 14, 2011 / John Nichols
Depression and Autocracy From Merkel to Michigan Depression and Autocracy From Merkel to Michigan
Governments are suspending the basic rules of democracy on both sides of the Atlantic in the name of emergency financial management.
Dec 14, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Ari Berman: Why Does Elizabeth Warren ‘Resonate’ With Voters? Ari Berman: Why Does Elizabeth Warren ‘Resonate’ With Voters?
The slanderous attack ads against Warren are doing nothing to dampen enthusiasm for her campaign.
Dec 9, 2011 / Press Room
Andrew Cuomo and the Spirit of Occupy Andrew Cuomo and the Spirit of Occupy
How Occupy Wall Street made Andrew Cuomo act less like Chris Christie.
Dec 9, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jesse Jackson: Occupying America Jesse Jackson: Occupying America
Jackson urges the Occupy movement to address the tangible needs of the Americans that have been most affected by the economic crisis—occupying foreclosed homes, hospital lobbies, a...
Dec 8, 2011 / Francis Reynolds