Perspectives

The Republican from Wisconsin has borrowed some populist rhetoric to go with his “kinder, gentler” talk about poverty. But his populism is not the real thing.

The “self-made” man or woman, the symbol of American meritocracy, is disappearing. Six of today’s 10 wealthiest Americans are heirs to prominent fortunes.

A diverse set of activists and experts who understand poverty firsthand respond to Paul Ryan's new proposal to address poverty.

It's a moral imperative that we get past the sanitized versions of the two Iraq wars and grapple with the true consequences of our militarism.

When I was 16 years old, I got my first job working the grill at McDonald’s. It punctured my bubble of economic privilege.

A new study suggests that there is and the finding justifies a maximum wage.

Children all over the country are participating in a unique day-camp program called 'The Game of Village' and learning how to be real and effective citizens.

Conservative members of the House Budget Committee showed up at a recent hearing on poverty to preach what they think they already know about people living in poverty.

In order to better the economic circumstances of their constituency, Democrats should do something they have consistently avoided: taking a side in a class war.

The author of Dog Whistle Politics argues that naturalistic assumptions about race mislead liberals in their effort to fathom race’s astringent power, shifting the focus from social dynamics to inherited essences.