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  1. Ai-jen Poo: My Hopes for Home Care Workers This Year
    1 Jan 2014 … A leading activist for home care workers says victories won in 2013 shows that the arc of justice bends, but slowly. She's hoping to pick up the pace in the coming year. Continue reading
  2. The View from Main Street, Class in America, and Religion’s Role in the Election Wisconsin
    10 Oct 2004 … NOW considers the realities of the 2004 jobs recovery, which some say was meaningless because of lower wages, and looks at how religion is employed by the campaigns as the election closes in. Continue reading
  3. We Already Have the Path Through Trump’s America Young Woman at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Aug. 28, 1963. (Photo by Archives Foundation/ flickr CC 2.0)
    3 Mar 2017 … Late last month, the White House invited leaders from the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to participate in a listening session and to meet with President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The group talked Continue reading
  4. The Great American Rip-off: The High Cost of Low Taxes
    10 Oct 2013 … Everyone loves low taxes, but we pay a ton out-of-pocket for things people in other rich countries take for granted. Continue reading
  5. Labor Board Sides With Workers: Wal-Mart Can’t Silence Employees Any Longer
    11 Nov 2013 … A landmark ruling by the National Labor Relations Board says Wal-Mart unlawfully harassed and fired employees for protesting. Continue reading
  6. “The American Promise” — LBJ’s Finest Hour LBJ delivers his "American Promise" speech to Congress
    3 Mar 2015 … It is unusual when a presidential address stands the test of time. But the words President Johnson uttered after what happened in Selma would forever mark that moment as the greatest in Johnson’s presidency. Continue reading
  7. A Former Inmate and Drug Addict on Incarceration, What You Need to Know About Iran, and Affirmative Action in College Admissions Prison
    6 Jun 2003 … How can the American corrections system break the cycles of addiction and incarceration? A look at the psyche of Iran, and should colleges offer race-based affirmative action? Continue reading
  8. Under the Radar
    3 Mar 2021 … Recent reports on student loans, redistricting, minimum wage and housing justice. Continue reading
  9. Philly’s New Land Bank: Will it Give Blighted Communities a Boost? Philadelphia mural. (Photo: Shrub 75/flickr)
    12 Dec 2013 … The city is home to more than 40,000 vacant properties. Now neighborhoods are hoping a new public entity can help them bounce back from the post-industrial blues. Continue reading
  10. Eyes on the Street
    1 Jan 2013 … Notebooks could be filled contrasting Chicago’s approach to governing with New York’s. The discrepancies in public safety should be looked at within the context of other government goods and services, like public housing. (The Big Apple remains functional and operational Continue reading