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  1. Homeless in High Tech’s Shadow
    4 Apr 2013 … In California’s Silicon Valley, Facebook, Google and Apple have minted hundreds of new tech millionaires. But not far away, the homeless are building tent cities along a creek in the city of San Jose. Continue reading
  2. By the Numbers: The Incredibly Shrinking American Middle Class A line of job applicants snakes through a ropeline to attend the CUNY Big Apple Job Fair Friday in New York. March 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
    9 Sep 2013 … A snapshot of what America's middle class used to be and what it is now in terms of wages, work and out-of-pocket costs -- and the problems caused by growing economic inequality. Continue reading
  3. Raising the Minimum Wage Is the “Free Market” Thing to Do Demonstrators protesting for $15/hour wages and proper treatment for fast-food workers march in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
    1 Jan 2014 … In theory, everyone agrees that the government should step in to correct market failures. It's the politics that get in the way. Continue reading
  4. Voices From Baltimore Protesters demonstrate ahead of a 10 p.m. curfew Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. The curfew was imposed after unrest in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
    5 May 2015 … We asked Baltimoreans what they want the rest of the country to know about the protests and their city. They described a place void of opportunity, plagued with a seemingly uncaring government and a long history of police violence. Continue reading
  5. We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People – Saving the Soul of Democracy Democracy Awakening protest in Washington, DC on April 28, 2016. (Credit: cool revolution, Flickr / CC 2.0)
    9 Sep 2016 … Sixty-six years ago this summer, on my 16th birthday, I went to work for the daily newspaper in the small East Texas town of Marshall where I grew up. It was a good place to be a cub reporter — Continue reading
  6. ‘Housing First’ Policy for Addressing Homelessness Hamstrung By Funding Issues
    1 Jan 2015 … The new approach may spring from good intentions, but is undermined by a lack of affordable housing stock. Continue reading
  7. Vulture Capitalists Circle Above Puerto Rican Prey Heydee Perez, 29, and her son, Yenel Calera, 4, at Rio Grande, Puetro Rico on Sept. 27, 2017. They have not received any aid one week after Hurricane Maria. The roof of their home is gone and they have very little to eat. (Photo by Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … Puerto Ricans have been kicked by Irma, then kicked by Maria, and now kicked by Trump. We’re really suffering. In the middle of our humanitarian crisis, he tells us, “It’s a shame but you have to pay back that debt.” Continue reading
  8. Banks Move Shareholders Meetings to Avoid Protests The Wells Fargo logo is displayed outside a home mortgage office in Springfield, Illinois. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
    5 May 2013 … Last week, Wells Fargo bankers traveled from San Francisco to Salt Lake City for their shareholders meeting, but activists weren’t deterred. Continue reading
  9. 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
  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