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  • War & Peace
    Ignoring the World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis
    July 26, 2017
    | Vijay Prashad
    The United States is fueling a conflict that has resulted in war crimes and famine.
  • Activism
    The Poor Aren't Involved in Politics. Can Activists Change That?
    June 22, 2017
    | John Light
    Organizers hope to amplify the voices of those who will be hit hardest by Trump's policies.
  • Economy & Work
    Now Just Five Men Are Almost as Wealthy as Half the World
    June 13, 2017
    | Paul Buchheit
    While Americans fixate on Trump, the super-rich are absconding with our wealth, and the plague of inequality continues to grow.
  • Democracy & Government
    The GOP’s Attacks on the Poor Are About to Get Stealthier
    May 1, 2017
    | Kai Wright
    Widespread poverty in a nation as wealthy as ours is a crime against humanity.
  • Inequality
    Trickle Down Devastation: A Single Mom On Trump's Tax Plan
    April 27, 2017
    | Alison Stine
    Donald Trump's tax plan punishes single parents with low to moderate incomes.
  • Inequality
    What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Rural Poverty
    March 30, 2017
    | Lauren Gurley
    Unemployment, depopulation and the legacy of slavery in Jefferson County, Mississippi.
  • Inequality
    Trump Says Our Schools Are 'Flush with Cash!?'
    January 27, 2017
    | Steven Singer
    Our schools have not gotten worse; they've stayed the same.
  • Society
    Why My Student Voted for Trump
    January 23, 2017
    | Rick Perlstein
    I asked my student why he voted for Trump. The answer was thoughtful, smart and terrifying.
  • Inequality
    The Real Forgotten Americans
    January 19, 2017
    | Leonard Steinhorn
    If Trump really wants to speak for forgotten Americans, he would travel to the Mississippi Delta and the rural Black Belt of the American South.
  • Health & Science
    Trump Voters and I Have One Thing in Common: We’re Scared of Losing Medicaid
    January 17, 2017
    | Darryl Lorenzo Wellington
    Americans are on the same page when it comes to wanting reliable health care.


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