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  1. 50 Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed FILE - In this March 21, 1965 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King, foreground row, fifth from right, waves as marchers stream across the Alabama River on the first of a five day, 50-mile march to the state capitol at Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/File)
    3 Mar 2015 … Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground. Continue reading
  2. Trump Is Trying to Cut Disaster Relief to Build a Border Wall Rescue workers and volunteers help to rescue residents of an apartment complex after it was inundated with water following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017 in Houston. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi August 25, has dumped nearly 50 inches of rain in and around Houston. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
    8 Aug 2017 … On Monday, President Donald Trump was asked point-blank whether he supports cutting the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) budget in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. His response: “No.” Continue reading
  3. The Stereotypes of People Who Get Welfare Benefits Are All Wrong David Donald, 6, of Philadelphia eats dinner supplied from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program also know as food stamps (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
    12 Dec 2013 … These common assumptions threaten programs that keep families afloat. Continue reading
  4. Kansas Republicans Are Finally Embracing Obamacare — Just as Trump Is Trying to Kill It
    3 Mar 2017 … While Republicans in DC are pushing for massive cuts to Medicaid, John Eplee and other Republicans in one of the country's most conservative states are fighting to expand the program. Eplee is a family doctor in Atchison, Kansas — a Continue reading
  5. What You Need to Know About Obamacare
    10 Oct 2013 … As new state-level marketplaces open for enrollment today, here's a primer that answers 20 questions about the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
  6. The Answer to Homelessness? Reliable Employment. Catharine Fletcher suns herself in front of one of over a hundred brilliant pink tents newly set-up as a shelter for homeless people Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, in Seattle. Homeless advocates in Seattle set up a new camp early Monday that they're calling Nickelsville after Mayor Greg Nickels to demonstrate the need for more homeless shelters in the city. Fletcher is no longer homeless, but was helping out at the encampment. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
    2 Feb 2015 … Providing housing is critical, but the ultimate solution to ending homelessness is preventing it in the first place. Continue reading
  7. Meet Randall Woodfin, the Mayoral Challenger Bringing the Political Revolution to Birmingham Democratic mayoral candidate Randall Woodfin listens to Birmingham resident Mike Hamilton. (Photo by Katherine Webb-Hehn)
    8 Aug 2017 … Mike Hamilton opens his door in a sleeveless Harley Davidson shirt. He’s got a shaggy goatee and a big grin. “Randall Woodfin!” the 63-year-old web developer says before any introductions. Continue reading
  8. No Safe Place: How Cities Are Making it Illegal to Be Homeless A homeless woman rests under a shade tree as children play at Lions park in Costa Mesa, Calif. October 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
    8 Aug 2014 … Laws criminalizing sitting, sleeping, lying down and camping leave homeless people with nowhere to go when the shelter system fails them. Continue reading
  9. The Great Eviction: The Landscape of Wall Street’s Creative Destruction
    8 Aug 2013 … The foreclosure crisis hit African Americans particularly hard with disastrous consequences for many communities, writes Laura Gottesdiener. Continue reading
  10. Lessons for K-12 From Pre-K Classrooms In this photo taken May 7, 2012, students in a kindergarten classroom at North Valley Academy in Gooding, Idaho wear red, white and blue shirts as part of their school uniform. The K-12th grade public charter school is the first in Idaho to advertise itself as a patriotic choice for parents, with an emphasis on individual freedoms and free-market capitalism. (AP Photo/Jessie L. Bonner)
    5 May 2014 … A new report says high school students perform worse the older they get. A pre-K administrator believes that bringing some lessons from pre-K to K-12 classrooms could make a difference. Continue reading