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  1. ‘Fiscal Crisis’ or Physical Crisis in Philadelphia’s Public Schools? Germantown, Philadelphia students
    6 Jun 2014 … A former teaching fellow writes that sometimes reforms meant to help our most disadvantaged kids end up exacerbating inequality and depriving them of fundamental basics. Continue reading
  2. Who Are the ‘Legitimate’ Poor? A woman and her daughter counts out Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) coupons, more commonly known as Food Stamps, while shopping for groceries in the GrowNYC Greenmarket in Union Square. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
    3 Mar 2016 … Recently, I disobeyed a cardinal rule of the Internet and decided to read comments on an article I once published in the Missoula Independent. I had begun writing about raising my daughters on very little income, which opened me up Continue reading
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. At Home and Abroad, the Labor Movement Comes Roaring Back Protestors pause near a McDonald's restaurant in Times Square during a rally and march in New York, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, as participants, fast food workers and union members, call for a $15 minimum wage. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
    4 Apr 2015 … Thousands of low-wage workers across the US and the world protested on tax day to demand better pay and working conditions. Continue reading
  8. Highlights: All Work and No Pay Saru Jayaraman
    4 Apr 2014 … Watch clips from Bill's interview with the activist fighting the National Restaurant Association to get wages beyond their current level of $2.13 per hour. Continue reading
  9. The Clock is Running Out on Health Care for 9 Million Kids Dr. Michael Paul, with the Pediatric Mobile Health Unit of Loyola University Medical Center, performs a physical exam on fourth-grader Bennita Correa outside David Burnham Elementary School on May 11, 2004 in Cicero, Illinois. The Pediatric Mobile Health Unit, is a 40-foot long truck which accommodates two patient examination rooms, a laboratory, a medical records area and hearing booth. Since 1998 more than 50,000 uninsured and underinsured children in the Chicago area have been evaluated and treated at the unit. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … Since the inauguration of President Trump, health care has been front and center in American politics. Yet, attention has almost exclusively been focused on the Affordable Care Act, most recently in the form of Graham-Cassidy. With Congress preoccupied with a Continue reading
  10. How a Century of Racist Policies Made Ferguson Into a Pocket of Concentrated Despair In this Aug. 18, 2014 photo taken with a fisheye lens, people protest for Michael Brown who was killed by police Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. Missouri police, in advance of a grand jury decision on whether to charge a white police officer who fatally shot a black 18-year-old, are making extensive preparations hoping to avoid a repeat of violent clashes between protesters and police. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
    10 Oct 2014 … "You cannot understand what’s going on with Ferguson today without knowing this history." Continue reading