Stop the Big Bank Payday Predators Stop the Big Bank Payday Predators
A new report exposes how the big bank backing helps payday loan companies prey on the poor and veterans.
Nov 7, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The War Against the Poor The War Against the Poor
Occupy Wall Street has already made the concentration of wealth at the top a central issue. Now, it promises to do the same with the realities of poverty.
Nov 7, 2011 / Frances Fox Piven
Nurses Prescribe a White House Rethink on Financial Transactions Tax Nurses Prescribe a White House Rethink on Financial Transactions Tax
National Nurses United and the AFL-CIO have been urging the White House to stop opposing a global financial transactions tax. It’s working.
Nov 3, 2011 / John Nichols
Thinking Big on Poverty Thinking Big on Poverty
We should be a country that does big things—like cut poverty in half in the next decade.
Oct 31, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America
We are losing the war that has been waged by plutocrats against the poor over the past thirty years as wealth has been systematically flowing from the poor to the wealthy.
Oct 26, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Bernie Sanders: Creating a Progressive America Bernie Sanders: Creating a Progressive America
Why is poverty invisible in the US?
Oct 17, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Could London-style Riots Happen in New York City? Could London-style Riots Happen in New York City?
Like London, New York suffers from extreme inequality, poverty and lack of opportunity.
Sep 30, 2011 / Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis
Terrible Ten in Congress Terrible Ten in Congress
Do we invest in affordable housing, or a mortgage interest deduction on vacation homes? Congress’s “Terrible Ten” force the poor to sacrifice for breaks for the r...
Sep 27, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fighting Poverty Now Fighting Poverty Now
Last week's poverty figures made the media take notice of our historic poverty rate. Here's what we should do about it.
Sep 19, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Say Hello to the Highest Poverty Rate in 17 Years Say Hello to the Highest Poverty Rate in 17 Years
The Republican plan for greater austerity—large spending cuts on all levels of government—would only exacerbate the pain suffered by lower-income families.
Sep 13, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie