What happened to the former slaves and slaveowners after emancipation—British emancipation, that is?
Poverty & Wealth
Posted inEconomic Policy
Are We Equal Yet?
The wage gap means that, over your working lifetime, ladies, you will lose between $700,000 and $2 million.
Posted inWorking in America
Spring Cleaning for Occupy
Many social-movement organizations have become mausoleums to their causes. OWS offers a template for renewal.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
What Does an Abortionist Look Like?
Even with the new regime of restrictive abortion laws, women will still get abortions. They’ll just be unsafe ones.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Can Occupy Our Homes Move Congress?
A conversation with Representative Keith Ellison.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Read My Lips: Fairer Taxes
Six ways to restore balance to our broken system
Posted inEconomic Policy
Taxing Wall Street Speculation
There’s another, better way to go after the 1 percent than the Obama administration’s proposed “Buffett rule.”
Posted inEconomic Policy
Write Down the 11 Million
Underwater homeowners aren’t backing down—they’re standing up and fighting back. And we need to stand with them.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Making State and Local Taxes Fair Game
Fixing highly regressive tax systems is one of the essential steps in making our country’s tax code more fair.