Poverty

Student Loan Cancelation Biden

How Student Loan Cancellation Helps Asian Americans How Student Loan Cancellation Helps Asian Americans

Broad-based debt relief could benefit borrowers of all backgrounds.

Jan 13, 2023 / StudentNation / Adrija Bhattacharjee and Orlando Cabalo

Argentina World Cup celebration

Argentina’s World Cup Hangover Argentina’s World Cup Hangover

After its thrilling victory on the world stage, the nation of Maradona and Messi gazes into the political abyss.

Jan 11, 2023 / Jacob Sugarman

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at anti-vaccine rally

Why Are So Many People Dying? Reaping the Anti-Vaxx Whirlwind. Why Are So Many People Dying? Reaping the Anti-Vaxx Whirlwind.

Though it was GOP politicians who first came for the Covid vaccines, not all vaccine resistance is partisan—or political.

Jan 6, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

Republicans Are Consigning the Poor to Disease and Death

Republicans Are Consigning the Poor to Disease and Death Republicans Are Consigning the Poor to Disease and Death

The GOP is refusing to fund government programs that help people avoid getting Covid. And the uninsured will suffer the most.

Jan 6, 2023 / Bryce Covert

California Hangs Its Homeless Population Out to Dry

California Hangs Its Homeless Population Out to Dry California Hangs Its Homeless Population Out to Dry

Recent floods have worsened the state’s housing crisis, and the local government’s response is proving woefully inadequate once again.

Jan 6, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

Karl-Marx-Hof, a community owned apartment building in Vienna, Austria

Reflections on Vienna’s Social Housing Model From Tenant Advocates Reflections on Vienna’s Social Housing Model From Tenant Advocates

I participated in a 50-person delegation that toured Vienna's social housing developments last fall. What we saw should make Americans rethink how we approach housing.

Jan 5, 2023 / Oksana Mironova

Giorgia Meloni waves to from a stage.

Giorgia Meloni’s Bootstrap Ideology Giorgia Meloni’s Bootstrap Ideology

The new Italian government’s culture war looks less like populism of the right and more like the same old blaming of capitalism’s victims.

Jan 2, 2023 / David Broder

Ukraine soldiers at funeral

The Rev. William Barber II Delivers a Moral Call for Peace The Rev. William Barber II Delivers a Moral Call for Peace

We desperately need a cease-fire and negotiations to end the brutal Russian war in Ukraine today.

Dec 31, 2022 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

We Lost Barbara Ehrenreich in 2022, but We Can’t Lose Sight of Her Visionary American Socialism

We Lost Barbara Ehrenreich in 2022, but We Can’t Lose Sight of Her Visionary American Socialism We Lost Barbara Ehrenreich in 2022, but We Can’t Lose Sight of Her Visionary American Socialism

She drew from Debs and historic radical traditions, yet the author and activist was no nostalgic. She modernized the message for the 21st century.

Dec 30, 2022 / John Nichols

Fighting Poverty

Poor People Have the Power to Transform America Poor People Have the Power to Transform America

As the threat of yet more political turmoil and escalating violence looms, isn’t it time to break through the isolation with a new sense of collective power?

Dec 26, 2022 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

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