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  1. Yes, Being a Woman Makes You Poorer Gender gap as Uni applications rise. File photo dated 12/10/11 of students wearing mortar boards and gowns after graduating as rising numbers of would-be students have submitted applications to go to university this year, but men are still far less likely to apply than women, official figures show. Issue date: Friday January 31, 2014. Young men are becoming a disadvantaged group when it comes to studying for a degree and urgent attention needs to be paid to the problem, according to Ucas. Within the next decade, the gulf between the numbers of men and women going into higher education could eclipse the gap between the numbers of rich and poor students studying at university, Ucas chief executive Mary Curnock Cook suggested. See PA story EDUCATION Students. Photo credit should read: Chris Radburn/PA Wire URN:18842076
    4 Apr 2014 … Women are much more likely to have minimum-wage jobs than men and female-headed households are more likely to be poor. Continue reading
  2. Confronting Congressional Hunger Games
    7 Jul 2013 … There's a major disconnect between rhetoric and reality when it comes to Congress confronting hunger in America. Continue reading
  3. Gray Market Work: How Businesses Hurt Workers and Cheat Uncle Sam Construction workers carry supplies at the World Trade Center site in New York. October 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
    4 Apr 2014 … Workers today find themselves in an ill-defined borderland where confusion reigns, standards are shifting or disappearing and abuse is rampant. Continue reading
  4. Nickel and Dimed in 2016 MIAMI, FL - NOVEMBER 24: Jaime Vado fixes a display in the aisle at a Walmart store as they prepare for Black Friday shoppers on November 24, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
    2 Feb 2016 … When presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality, and when other candidates speak about the minimum wage and food stamps, what are they really talking about? Whether they know it or not, it’s something like this. ... I was Continue reading
  5. Newark Mayor Cory Booker Reflects on the 1967 Riots Cory Booker (Photo: Cory Booker/flickr)
    3 Mar 2008 … Forty years after race riots in dozens of cities stunned the nation, has anything changed? Bill Moyers interviews Newark Mayor Cory Booker for a frontline report on race and politics. Continue reading
  6. Earth on Edge Earth on Edge
    6 Jun 2001 … A look at the state of the environment in 2001 — and whether humans were putting themselves on a path to self-destruction. Continue reading
  7. Bernie Sanders: Stand Up to Corporations Like Chevron
    10 Oct 2014 … Senator Bernie Sanders urges the citizens of Richmond, California to stand up to the oil giant and "give hope to people all over America that we can control our destinies." Continue reading
  8. Will a Safety Net for Seniors Win Bipartisan Support? Seniors congregate at the Council Center for Senior Citizens, in Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood in New York. (AP Photo/Jon Gerberg, File)
    10 Oct 2013 … If we truly think it’s important to respect our elders, here’s a simple way to prove it. Continue reading
  9. Kavita Ramdas of the Global Fund for Women Kavita Ramdas
    9 Sep 2009 … Lynn Sherr sits down with Kavita Ramdas. Born in New Delhi, then educated in India and the United States, where she is now a citizen, Ramdas describes herself as a "social venture capitalist." Continue reading
  10. The Poor Have to Help the Poor in Camden
    7 Jul 2012 … Journalist Chris Hedges tells the story of Camden, New Jersey resident Lolly Davis. Continue reading