Poverty

Demonstrators against ICE

ICE Is Still Deporting Asylum Seekers ICE Is Still Deporting Asylum Seekers

A lawsuit against the federal government shows how asylum-seeking families from Central America are being targeted through raids.

Aug 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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The Phony Populism of Donald Trump The Phony Populism of Donald Trump

Defeating Trump means unapologetically embracing the progressive populism needed to move the country forward.

Aug 16, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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India’s New Child-Labor Loophole India’s New Child-Labor Loophole

India’s new child-labor bill is a cause for celebration for the bosses, not children and human-rights advocates. 

Aug 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood?

Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood? Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood?

And another inquirer could move into the middle class by buying a house—but not without gentrifying.

Aug 12, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

Barcelona Skyline

Welcome to Sunny Barcelona, Where the Government Is Embracing Coops, Citizen Activism, and Solar Energy Welcome to Sunny Barcelona, Where the Government Is Embracing Coops, Citizen Activism, and Solar Energy

The city that resisted Franco is looking to its radical past to build a progressive future.

Aug 11, 2016 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Racial Wealth Gap

The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today

Just as past public policies created the racial wealth gap, current policy widens it.

Aug 8, 2016 / Joshua Holland

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Women Day Laborers Are Tired of Waiting for Work, and for Justice Women Day Laborers Are Tired of Waiting for Work, and for Justice

In Brooklyn, a new study shows that women face an underground labor market fraught with hidden risks.

Aug 5, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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Free Trade Is Killing Colombian Labor Activists Free Trade Is Killing Colombian Labor Activists

Workers attempting to exercise their rights have suffered at least 1,466 threats and acts of violence since the trade deal went into effect in 2012.

Aug 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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The Financial Firm That Cornered the Market on Jails The Financial Firm That Cornered the Market on Jails

Thousands of arrestees a year are forced into get-out-of-jail-broke cards that are loaded up with deceptive fees.

Aug 1, 2016 / Arun Gupta

These Policies Could Move America Toward a Universal Basic Income

These Policies Could Move America Toward a Universal Basic Income These Policies Could Move America Toward a Universal Basic Income

Small steps, big benefits.

Aug 1, 2016 / Mike Konczal

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