For me, the military wasn’t a way out of poverty. Instead, militarism is why so many of us are poor in the first place. By T.J. Thompson | June 23, 2021 This article originally […]
TO FIGHT POVERTY, CUT THE PENTAGON BUDGET
Barriers for Black women set U.S. economy back by $500 billion, report finds
The persisting wage gap has set Black women — and the American economy as a whole — back for the past six decades, according to a report by financial services firm S&P […]
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel Originally published in ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one […]
A PLAN TO END POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES
A new congressional resolution asserts it’s not only possible to end poverty, but morally necessary. By Sarah Anderson | June 2, 2021 Originally published in OtherWords Amidst partisan haggling over President Biden’s infrastructure proposal, […]
Report: Significantly more women than men left workforce during pandemic school closures
Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor/May 15th, 2021 (The Center Square) – A “tidal wave of women” left the workforce in 2020, according to a new academic study published in the journal, […]
Remote work can be a lot better than this
Opinion OPINION: Under the right conditions (i.e., not during a pandemic), telework can be great for both employers and employees By Ariane Ollier-Malaterre 4.26.2021 Working from home — formally known as telework […]
EMPLOYERS: IF YOU WANT WORKERS, PAY A LIVING WAGE
It’s not that people don’t want to work — it’s that they don’t want to work for so little. By Rebekah Entralgo | May 12, 2021/OtherWords.org Assorted Ideas, Large & Small The sudden shift […]
How the Pandemic Is Speeding Up Job Automation for Struggling New Yorkers
Greg David, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Mar 30 at 8:39pm EDTby THE CITY Drivers, food preparation workers and more are at risk of seeing their positions go away — […]
Assessing Biden’s start: Poll finds support for activist government
Carl M. Cannon | RealClearPolitics/March 30th, 2021 On March 11, 2021, Joe Biden signed into law a measure that was his top priority even before he took office: a $1.9 trillion spending […]
Survey: Freelancers better equipped to ‘weather COVID-19 storm’
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square/February 10th, 2021 (The Center Square) – Freelancer workers are better prepared to weather the COVID-19 storm than non-freelancers, a new report commissioned by UpWork found. A […]
