Poverty

Healthcare Reform’s Unintended Queer Upside Healthcare Reform’s Unintended Queer Upside

Here’s a talking point Democrats probably won't be using to defend healthcare reform this week: it's a game-changer for the LGBT community.  

Jan 18, 2011 / Nancy Goldstein

Putting Poverty on the Agenda Putting Poverty on the Agenda

We can win this fight, but growing the antipoverty movement means paying more attention to those who are struggling, fighting and organizing.

Jan 16, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Saving Our Cities with Fair Taxes Saving Our Cities with Fair Taxes

With no tax justice coming from Washington, municipalities across the country will have to take matters into their own hands to save the jobs and social lifelines on which their co...

Dec 20, 2010 / Brad Lander

Decriminalizing Poverty Decriminalizing Poverty

America doesn't have a drug problem. It has a poverty problem.

Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Bruce Western

Motel-land

Motel-land Motel-land

For Americans teetering on the edge of poverty, in other rooms there are other trials.

Dec 2, 2010 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Will Congress Turn Its Back on Jobless Americans?

Will Congress Turn Its Back on Jobless Americans? Will Congress Turn Its Back on Jobless Americans?

A minority in the House of Representatives has blocked reauthorization of federal unemployment benefits. If Congress doesn't act quickly, the long-term unemployed will start dr...

Nov 23, 2010 / Christine Owens

The ‘Giving’ Season

The ‘Giving’ Season The ‘Giving’ Season

What's so bad about big-ticket philanthropy? Nothing—except that it lets the wealthy decide how to spend money that would be the Treasury's.

Nov 17, 2010 / David Nasaw

City of Ruins

City of Ruins City of Ruins

Camden, New Jersey, stands as a warning of what huge pockets of America could turn into.

Nov 4, 2010 / Feature / Chris Hedges

UBC’s Downtown Eastside Gamelan Project UBC’s Downtown Eastside Gamelan Project

Students discover the healing powers of music in Canada's poorest neighourbood

Oct 26, 2010 / StudentNation / Will Tao

The Face of an American Lost Generation The Face of an American Lost Generation

Unemployed and stranded on the sidelines of a job crisis.

Oct 5, 2010 / Andy Kroll

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