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Poverty & Wealth
Posted inEconomic Policy
Seeing What No One Else Could See
Fifty years ago, Michael Harrington’s The Other America awoke the nation to the prevalence of poverty in its midst.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Geography of Getting By
Vendors in Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park fight for their right to sell.
Posted inWorking in America
Post-New Deal America Needs Unions
Those who think workers only needed to organize in the bad old days need to face the hard truth: We’re living in them.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Should Voter Purges Work?
Florida’s latest effort to cleanse its rolls has led to accusations of racism and a suit from the U.S. Department of Justice. But is there a fair way for states to clean up their lists?
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Should Voter Purges Work?
Florida’s latest effort to cleanse its voting rolls has led to accusations of racism and a suit from the U.S. Department of Justice. But is there a fair way for states to clean up their lists?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Pressing On the Upward Way
A profile of life in one of the country’s poorest counties
Posted inWorking in America
Wisconsin Recall: A Conservative Case for Election Day Registration
For years now, Republicans have pushed for more barriers to voting, with the implication that voting access will benefit Democrats. So how did the Republicans win Wisconsin’s high-turnout recall?
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Sixties at 50
Half a century later, the battles of the 1960s–and the effects of one great wrong turn by liberals of that time–are still with us.
Posted inWorking in America
A Wisconsin Domino Effect?
After Scott Walker’s victory in yesterday’s recall election, the question going forward is: Will other Republican governors follow his lead?
