Dr. Sarah Jane Glynn, an expert in employment, work, and family issues at the Center for American Progress, says that…
Recent polling indicates that an overwhelming number of Americans, close to 75%, support the protests, inspired by George Floyd’s murder,…
We hear these days about the importance of the African American vote within the Democratic base, and rightly so. This…
When Josh Jacobs was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft, he received…
What is the story of the U.S. economy? Not unlike the proverbial elephant subject to scrutiny by a band of…
Trump’s controversial tweet about sending the squad of four— Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar—back to…
"We have the ability to help people who truly need it the most. We have the ability to make a…
“It's the first time a state nullified local wage ordinances already in effect and forced [local] jurisdictions to [immediately] reduce…
With each announcement the shock and trauma of what’s happening to this country, the civil rights of its citizens, and…
The election results will the story of the hopes and dreams this country has for its future.
Our values, national identity and enduring power of the Constitution, even democracy itself are in question; it is a frightening…
“With all of our country’s resources, no child...should ever go to sleep hungry or without a place to call home.…
Clinton promises to be a champion for education by not taking advice from people interested in breaking unions and privatizing…
While Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is talking about poverty while attempting to slash programs for the poor, Democratic…
Attorney General Lynch demands a halt to criminalizing homelessness for profit.
Reagan ushered in the first step of fascism, economic stagnation, when his extremist trickle down economic theory was imposed on…
The percentage of middle-class households dropped in every state in the Union between 2000 and 2013, along with median income
"The two Democratic presidents have produced jobs at 7 times the rate of the two Bushes or 2.1 million versus…
According to pediatricians, doctors should start screening their child patients for hunger, and the lesser-known problem of food insecurity
The Obama White House this week took steps to force communities to halt the "cruel, inhumane, and degrading" treatment of…
The only regard Charles or David Koch have for the poor is keeping them in poverty and subjugated to the…
It is likely that Walker's idea that poverty wages are living wages came directly from the Kochs, who see American…
Fox News responded to being called out by President Obama by suggesting that poverty would be solved if African-Americans would…
While taking part in a discussion on overcoming poverty, President Obama exposed the empty language that Republicans are using to…
In a conscientious city like San Francisco, water conservation measures are taken very seriously by businesses and residents alike; except…
Instead of changing course and helping the majority of the population, Republicans still propose heaping wealth on the rich and…
Instead of any real measures or support to address the crushing income disparity between the 1% and the rest of…
In fact, Francis is closely aligned with conservative Republican ideology; particularly in his position on addressing poverty and social issues…
In fact, there is absolutely nothing whatsoever that Republicans represent that Dr. King would even tepidly support, and in fact…
If, as privatization "reformers" in Republican, corporate, and Obama Education Department claim that America's public schools are dire failures, then…
Perry's message is clear; there is no reason to address poverty, income inequality, or make any effort to help those…
Obviously many Americans do have myriad reasons to be thankful they live in an extremely wealthy and semi-free nation such…
Coupled with inhumane austerity cuts, the GOP is getting precisely what they apparently live for; more despair and destitution among…
40% of America's wealth is not enough for the Walton's or their investors so Walmart took steps to increase their…
Neglecting the conditions and healthcare of the poor has contributed to drug-resistant microbes which have reached crisis proportions.
Chalk this one up as another GOP fail. A HuffPost/YouGov poll has found that only 28% of Americans agree with…
For Speaker of the House John Boehner, it is the prospect of the government attempting to improve the economic situation…
As long as the wealthy continue benefitting from the President's economic recovery, Republicans will stay the austerity course that continues…
Today it is President Obama fighting Republicans to give all Americans the opportunities Dr. King sought for people of color,…
Republicans on pace to kill hundreds and hundreds-of-thousands of jobs, send millions of Americans and their children into poverty, and…
An implicit goal of the War on Poverty was to make the US a true meritocracy, and in this sense,…
The snide satisfaction conservatives gloat in their declaration that the War on Poverty failed is apropos given how they sabotaged…
Rubio, as an anti-poverty crusader, is nearly as hysterical as Reagan, and so was his contention that opposite sex marriage…
The media is not about to damage Republicans' electoral chances by telling Americans the real reason why they are in…
As tragic as the number of Americans freezing to death is, it is the number of Americans who are homeless…
A panel of economists has joined President Obama, and struggling Americans to assert categorically that income inequality is crushing the…
While the wealthiest 1% of Americans' fortunes increase dramatically, millions of Americans are going hungry and Republicans plan to make…
Republicans who are wont to claim they speak for all Americans say the people oppose higher wages, but if the…
Every time Republicans decry President Obama's economic policies as Marxist, socialist, or communist, they are in effect condemning the Pope,…
Liberals can take a moment to pat themselves on the back. There are poor people everywhere who are grateful for…
People should not work full-time for wages that put them below the poverty line, but it is all too common.…
Because McDonalds' "sample budget" only left $27 a month for food, the company advised hungry employees to "break food into…
If you are an American who is not in the richest one percent, Republicans are in a blind rage to…
The House's SNAP vote was cold, callous, and calculated by a Republican Party that hopes to ruin Barack Obama's presidency…
Market-based educational reform is an utter failure, and yet we still can't shake the nasty remnants of its bad policy…
Rep. Paul Ryan claimed that Obama's policies are the reason why people in poverty are poor. Ryan tried to convince…
Fast food giant McDonalds teamed with Visa to provide them with a budget plan Republicans celebrated as justification for their…
One might be inclined to believe politicians would be repulsed that the richest nation in the history of the world…
Charles Koch has joined Republicans pushing to eliminate the nation's minimum wage. He implied that getting rid of minimum wage…
A rash of other, mostly poor Republican-controlled, Southern states are falling deeper into poverty and the greatest amount of their…
Some people became upset with Obama's "Racism is no longer an excuse" speech. Perhaps people gripped by poverty were what…
House Republicans have a ten year plan to eliminate food assistance for 13 million more hungry working Americans and seniors…
Republicans are actively pursuing policies that target and punish the poor, or purposely keep them downtrodden as a punitive measure…
Republicans in Congress and statehouses have made every attempt to create a permanent underclass living in poverty, and they are…
The Republican class war has, for well over a decade, contributed greatly to income inequality that hastens America's rush to…
One woman's tragic story provides a glimpse into the plethora of problems the U.S. faces with a lack of affordable…
No matter how much they try to blame sequestration on Obama and the Democrats, Republicans set it up, and the…
Critics have been saying President Obama has not done enough to address poverty. They don't seem to understand the reasons…
How stupid do Republicans think Americans are? You can not blame President Obama for rising poverty, that is just stupid.…
The war on public transportation is in full swing, like the war on all things public waged by the right.…
Now that the Supreme Court ruled the Affordable Care Act constitutional, right wing so-called Christians are out in force promising…
Republicans are not waging civil war, but a civil massacre where Depression-era bread lines are the order of the day…
There is something wrong with Republicans who have become cold and heartless to advocate for more entitlements for the wealthy…
By attacking poverty programs in a time of economic hardship, Republicans have proven how little human suffering accounts in their…
Republicans are twisted if courage means bullying hungry children into poverty and eliminating seniors' healthcare, and they tremble at the…
Republicans scammed the Catholic Bishops on birth control, and now they are ignoring the same Bishops' pleas that programs that…
Better Georgia is helping voters send a simple, direct message to Gov. Nathan Deal and his Republican allies who are…
What Mitt Romney recently said about the rich and poor shows that he has no clue about the country. Here…
It is sad to admit, but Dr. King’s lofty dream will never become reality as long as Republicans oppose equality…
In 2011, the Republican Party was a humiliation for Americans who have even the slightest hint of humanity
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