Poverty

Buffett and Gates

By the Numbers: The Rise of Monopolies By the Numbers: The Rise of Monopolies

Industry consolidation has squashed competition and created huge profits for a tiny elite.

Feb 15, 2018 / Emmalina Glinskis

McDonald's protesters fight for 15

Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers

Upending Obama-era precedent, the NLRB is threatening the ability of workers at franchise restaurants to organize.

Feb 9, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again

Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again

Requiring Medicaid recipients to find employment is a cruel solution to a nonexistent problem.

Feb 8, 2018 / Bryce Covert

How a Working-Class Movement Held Wall Street Accountable—Over 100 Years Ago

How a Working-Class Movement Held Wall Street Accountable—Over 100 Years Ago How a Working-Class Movement Held Wall Street Accountable—Over 100 Years Ago

The Populists was a multi-racial movement of workers and farmers—and they made the powerful quake.

Feb 5, 2018 / The Nation

Reverend William Barber

White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism

Altruism is too often carried along by the currents of racist capitalism.

Feb 5, 2018 / Jesse A. Myerson

Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City

Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City

Local organizers are using old-fashioned solidarity to combat the corporate prom that is Super Bowl week in the Twin Cities.

Feb 1, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Trump speech

On Tuesday Night, Trump Will Double Down on His Broken Promises On Tuesday Night, Trump Will Double Down on His Broken Promises

Trump’s victories have not been victories for the American people he claimed to represent.

Jan 30, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A young man holds up a sign at a recent rally against the repeal of the ACA

Under Trump, Red States Are Slashing the Safety Net and Blue States Are Fighting Back Under Trump, Red States Are Slashing the Safety Net and Blue States Are Fighting Back

Is America turning into two different republics sharing one set of borders?

Jan 30, 2018 / Joshua Holland

Ralph's supermarket

How I Learned to Be Hungry How I Learned to Be Hungry

America’s nutrition conundrum can mean swinging between two extremes of bad eating.

Jan 30, 2018 / Donnell Alexander

CFPB protest

The Trump Administration Just Gutted Payday-Lending Regulations The Trump Administration Just Gutted Payday-Lending Regulations

Under Trump appointee Mick Mulvaney, the CFPB is making it easier for predatory lenders to take advantage of the most vulnerable consumers.

Jan 24, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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