Economist Richard Wolff talks about battling rampant capitalism and fighting for economic justice.

Paul Ryan declined to invite struggling mother Tianna Gaines-Turner to speak before his poverty hearing, but here's what she would have said.

In These Times' Sarah Jaffe reports on a new bill passed by the Oregon state legislature that would eliminate upfront college costs for students.

Nearly half a century after the landmark legislation changed our country's politics, The Nation's Ari Berman notes that voting rights are under threat once again.

Sequestration mandates made housing less affordable than ever. Congressional inaction will keep it that way.

Congressman Jim McDermott described Ryan's hearing on poverty perfectly when he said: “This hearing is surreal… You are not living in the real world.”

The foreclosure crisis hit African Americans particularly hard with disastrous consequences for many communities, writes Laura Gottesdiener.

At a hearing called by Paul Ryan to examine the War on Poverty, the activist and nun explained that government programs help millions every year.

Dave Zirin ponders how city leaders justify spending money on a new hockey arena over fixing city schools or restoring streetlights.

See why US fast food workers are walking off the job this week in what organizers say is the largest strike in the industry’s history.