Poverty

The Working Poor

Economic Collapse Blog As the middle class in America continues to be slowly wiped out, the number of working poor continues to increase. Today, nearly…



Detroit: Less Than a Full-Service City

Plan for Detroit Would Pull Resources—and Population—From Blighted Districts Slums of Detroit Matthew Dolan Wall Street Journal DETROIT—More than 20% of Detroit’s 139 square miles…








Our Banana Republic

Anthony Freda Illustration Nicholas D. Kristof NY Times In my reporting, I regularly travel to banana republics notorious for their inequality. In some of these…



The Perfect Storm

Robert Reich RSN It’s a perfect storm. And I’m not talking about the impending dangers facing Democrats. I’m talking about the dangers facing our democracy….