Perspectives
January 25, 2015CIW's Fair Food Program has transformed Florida’s $650 million tomato industry. Now in its fourth season, it is poised to expand to new crops and new states.
January 24, 2015In a letter, 41 organizations, including the Sierra Club, NRDC and 350.org, demand less secrecy and more transparency in TPP negotiations.
January 24, 2015The government health care programs turn 50 this year. One advocate argues that rising health care costs mean that strengthening and improving them is more important than ever.
January 23, 2015A key factor in addressing poverty is raising the minimum wage. A just wages allow workers and their families to live in dignity.
January 22, 2015One of the easiest and most effective things Congress could do to fight poverty would be to expand a program that already works very well: Social Security.
January 22, 2015Jobs are coming back, but pay isn’t. What's going on? Robert Reich explains.
January 21, 2015In the State of the Union, President Obama didn't mention poverty even though this is the year he promised to end child hunger.
January 21, 2015Last night in his State of the Union address, the president said the words ‘free’ and ‘college’ in the same sentence. The administration’s proposal is a big deal. Here's why.
January 20, 2015Campaigns such as San Francisco's Retail Workers Bill of Rights have the potential to set workers up for more transformational fights, making bolder demands that confront corporate power and fight poverty and inequality.
January 20, 2015Tonight, Obama must choose to focus on America's struggling middle class or on a global trade agenda that will benefit the few. He cannot do both.
