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Fighting Poverty Through Wall Street Accountability
5 May 2013 … We’re proud to collaborate with The Nation in sharing insightful journalism related to income inequality in America. The following is an excerpt from Nation contributor Greg Kaufmann’s “This Week in Poverty” column. This year, I’ve been focused on how anti-poverty activists can move from a Continue reading
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‘What a Rigged Economy Looks Like’: Top 10% Now Own 77% of American Wealth
9 Sep 2017 … As President Donald Trump and the Republican Party unveiled their "cruel joke" of a tax plan that would provide an enormous boon for the rich disguised as a "middle class miracle," an analysis by the People's Policy Project (3P) published Continue reading
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Luis Alberto Urrea
5 May 2012 … Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific and acclaimed author of 14 books, including poetry, essays and novels. Born in Tijuana, Mexico to a Mexican father and an Anglo mother, Urrea’s work is inspired by his cross-cultural upbringing and unique perspective Continue reading
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The Revolt of the Cities
5 May 2014 … In one major city after another, newly elected officials are planning to raise the minimum wage or enact ordinances boosting wages in developments that have received city assistance. They are drafting legislation to require inner-city hiring on major projects and Continue reading
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Janitors in Minnesota Strike Against Poverty Wages and Trump
1 Jan 2017 … On Friday, Jan. 20, as Donald Trump was being sworn in as president, workers in Minnesota went on strike. They were cleaning staff at Kimco, an Atlanta-based company with 7,200 employees nationwide, that cleans Home Depot stores. Their strike targeted Continue reading
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Can Trump Pardon Himself and His Children?
9 Sep 2017 … Was it legal for Ronald Reagan to pardon George Steinbrenner? Was it legal for Richard Nixon to pardon Jimmy Hoffa? Was it legal for Bill Clinton to pardon Patty Hearst? Yes, yes and yes. Continue reading
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Ian Haney López
2 Feb 2014 … Ian Haney López is one of the nation’s leading thinkers on how racism has evolved in the United States since the civil rights era. He is the author of three books and his writings have appeared across a range of Continue reading
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Under the Radar
3 Mar 2021 … Recent reports on student loans, redistricting, minimum wage and housing justice. Continue reading
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Populism2015: Construction Crew for Democracy
4 Apr 2015 … At the recent Populism2015 conference, organizers and activists from around the country gathered for inspiration and to adopt an action agenda for the future. Continue reading
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Prospects for the American Press Under Trump, Part Two
1 Jan 2017 … Being willing to start over is good, too. If I were running a big national desk in DC, I would try to zero-base the beat structure. Meaning: if you had no existing beats for covering national affairs in Donald Trump’s Continue reading