Americans love a fighter more than a punching bag.
Poverty & Wealth
Posted inAmerica and the World
While You Were Out
Same-sex marriages in Spain and Mexico, the cost of being a same-sex couple in Michigan and the U.S. at large, and (woohoo!) transgender breakthroughs
Posted inEconomic Policy
Toppling the Money Empire
Grassroots movements can lead the way in taking big money out of politics.
Posted inWorking in America
Stephen Lerner’s 2011
“We must expand from one-day marches and demonstrations to weeks of creative direct action and activities,” wrote Stephen Lerner in New Labor Forum, a quarterly left-labor journal, several weeks before Occupy Wall Street took shape. One way to do that, he continued, “is to build these kinds of longer and more involved protests around students […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
No Room at the Inn
After being evicted from Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street protesters look to Trinity Church in lower Manhattan for help.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Loveable Extremist
Liberals may have a soft spot for Ron Paul, but on economic issues, he’s the most extreme of the GOP candidates.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Time for Plan B on Plan B?
New research proves progressives were right to be upset by restrictions on emergency contraceptives.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Governing on Empty
With the Tea Party in control, House Speaker John Boehner can do little but make empty promises.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Double Standards Galore
When it comes to financial hardship, American Airlines gets first-class treatment—the rest of us fly economy.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Capitalism by Any Other Name
Republicans are fighting to rebrand capitalism as economic opportunity but their agenda remains the same.