- August 7, 2014In addition to slowing growth, stagnant wages leave American households in debt and without much savings.
- August 6, 2014In the debate about poverty and rising economic inequality, we need to think beyond the minimum wage.
- August 5, 2014Road trip! Or, two middle-aged women go on a Hunter S. Thompson-esque drug-buying spree across an international border. And score EpiPens.
- August 4, 2014Despite a new report that the danger has eased, experts warn that another banking crisis could happen anytime.
- August 4, 2014Much of ALEC’s agenda for its latest meeting returned to a focus on promoting the extraction and production of fossil fuels while putting up roadblocks for renewable energy initiatives where it can.
- August 4, 2014What someone is paid has little or no relationship to what their work is worth to society.
- August 2, 2014Joel Berg, an anti-poverty activist in New York City, proposes an alternative to Ryan's paternalistic plan that he believes will empower families to take charge of their own futures.
- August 1, 2014Paul Ryans new plan includes a few positive proposals, but a poverty activist writes that it's doomed to fail because of its reliance on discredited, right-wing poverty myths.
- August 1, 2014A subsidized jobs program that created 20,000 jobs in Philadelphia shows that such initiatives can be a win both for those looking for work and for employers.
- July 31, 2014Today’s economy doesn’t contain a lot of good news for working people, yet the last few days have seen some notable gains.