As newsrooms disappear, veteran older reporters are being forced from the profession. That’s bad for journalism — and democracy.

The movement toward a living wage is quickly gaining public sympathy and support.

A new report aims to raise awareness of the widespread economic insecurity faced by American women and their children.

In this 2007 Moyers Moment, the activist and writer describes how hard it is to survive when you’re a low-wage worker in America.

What one book would you tell the president to read going into his second term?

The author is waiting for President Obama to focus on people who are struggling to get by and to bail out his real constituency.

Barbara Ehrenreich says government and corporations use the poor as piggy banks.

Author Barbara Ehrenreich says poverty's not a cultural aberration -- it's simply a shortage of money.