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A Clear Plan to Cut Poverty and Restore Shared Prosperity in the U.S.
The 99 percent movement has given voice to a sentiment that is felt around the kitchen tables as much as it is reflected in most recent...
Jay Murdock
Oct 27, 20113 min read
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Discouraging News on Child Poverty
Marian Wright Edelman – President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 9/16/11 04:01 PM ET Thirteen-year-old Brittanie Potter and her...
Jay Murdock
Sep 17, 20113 min read
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Tea Party America
Paul Stoller, Professor of Anthropology, West Chester University; Author, ‘The Power of the Between’ :Posted: 9/14/11 02:22 PM ET By...
Jay Murdock
Sep 15, 20114 min read
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As Poverty Rate Rises and Unemployment Persists, Americans Need a New “New Deal”
C. Nicole Mason – Assistant Professor, Robert F. Wagner ; Graduate School of Public Service at NYU Posted: 9/13/11 04:32 PM ET For many,...
Jay Murdock
Sep 15, 20112 min read
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Poverty Reduction: The Invisible Hand of Government
Jodie Levin-Epstein – Deputy Director, CLASP Posted: 9/13/11 02:17 PM ET Poverty data released today tells a cold truth about a rich...
Jay Murdock
Sep 13, 20114 min read
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The American Dream, In Black and White
Steve Nelson/Head of the Calhoun School in Manhattan Posted: 8/25/11 06:30 PM ET Obscured by incessant chatter about the credit rating...
Jay Murdock
Aug 26, 20115 min read
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Welfare Reform Leaving More In Poverty
Janell Ross: Janell.Ross@huffingtonpost.com Become a fan of this reporter Sasha Mandel says she never imagined going on welfare. But her...
Jay Murdock
Aug 23, 20119 min read
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Don’t Kill the Messengers. Listen to the Message of Professor Cornel West and Tavis Smiley
Clarence B. Jones – Scholar in Residence, Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University – Posted:...
Jay Murdock
Aug 16, 20116 min read
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The Perils for Obama of Not Talking About Poverty in America
By Joseph A. Palermo / Associate Professor of American History, California State University, Sacramento – Posted: 8/10/11 03:48 PM ET...
Jay Murdock
Aug 10, 20118 min read
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Minority Children Four Times More Likely to Start Poor, Stay Poor
Janell Ross – Janell.Ross@huffingtonpost.com Become a fan of this reporter Children of color are four times more likely than their white...
Jay Murdock
Apr 9, 20115 min read
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Broken Promises of the Obama Administration
Pablo Eisenberg Senior Fellow Georgetown Public Policy Institute March 4, 2011 President Obama’s capitulation on tax cuts for the very...
Jay Murdock
Mar 5, 20115 min read
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Less Is More, for the Poor
Paul Boden – Organizing Director, Western Regional Advocacy Project Posted: February 17, 2011 01:24 AM On Valentines Day, Monday February...
Jay Murdock
Feb 18, 20113 min read
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