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Losing Hope in Detroit
Jobs. They are supposedly the foremost concern of every Democrat and every Republican, and they are certainly the greatest concern for the 20 percent of American workers who are unemployed or...
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Denying a Head Start in Washington State
A student in Washington State's Head Start program practices her writing. Courtesy of Washington Head Start.To get a sense of just how foolish and shortsighted the $85 billion across-the-board...
View ArticleCongress Turns Its Back on Rural America
For fifteen years in Neodesha, Kansas (population 2,486) there were only two options for early childhood education services in town: a program for at-risk 4-year-olds operated by the school district,...
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The Older Americans Act and U.S. Seniors
We’re proud to collaborate with The Nation in sharing insightful journalism related to income inequality in America. The following is an excerpt from Nation contributor Greg Kaufmann’s “This Week in...
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Hunger and the Sequester, By the Numbers
Sequestration cuts will total $1.2 trillion through fiscal year 2021. This year there is a 5.3 percent cut, totaling $85 billion. The cuts are indiscriminate and will impact nearly every federal...
View ArticleMapping the Sequester’s Impact on Low-Income Housing
In April, Doug Rice, senior policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, released a paper that described some of the ways people would be affected by sequestration cuts to local...
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Congress Misses Opportunity to Reverse Sequester Cuts to Housing
After final vote were cast, members of Congress walk down the steps of the House of Representatives as they leave for a five-week recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP...
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What’s Happening with the Federal Budget and Debt Ceiling?
This piece first appeared on National Priorities’ blog.After final vote were cast, members of Congress walk down the steps of the House of Representatives as they leave for a five-week recess, at the...
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How Furloughs Hurt the Most Vulnerable Soldiers
Pedestrians walk in front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, Friday, June 21, 2013. The number of military suicides is nearly double that of a decade ago when the U.S. was...
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Suicide Rate Climbs in Kansas After Cuts in Mental Health Programs
This post first appeared in The Nation.Caseworker Cheryl Boone helps a client with paperwork during a therapy session at the Johnson County Mental Health Center Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, in Shawnee,...
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US Honors Veterans with Stirring Speeches and Painful Austerity
iStockThe US has a rich tradition of putting our veterans on a pedestal, praising them as heroes, effusively thanking them for fighting to preserve our liberties and then turning our backs on them and...
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Survey: 81 Percent of Universities Say Sequester Has Directly Affected...
This post first appeared in The Nation.University of California, Berkeley. (Photo Credit: Flickr user brainchildvn)According to a new survey released Monday, 81 percent of responding universities said...
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Will Congress Ever Grasp That The Debt Crisis Is Fake?
This post originally appeared at OtherWords.Shutterstock.comAs the American people tried to celebrate last year’s holiday season while mourning the loss of 26 lives in Newtown, Connecticut, Congress...
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Study: Unemployment Benefits Don’t Discourage People from Finding Work
Shutterstock.comA new study shows that even generous unemployment benefits have zero impact on people’s drive to go out and find a job.The multinational study, conducted by Jan Eichhorn, a sociologist...
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With Few Inspections, Fifteen Miners Died on the Job in the Past Three Months
Miners and a Hopkins County sheriff's deputy, right, guard the entrance to the Webster County Coal Dotiki Mine in Nebo, Ky. One miner died and another was missing after a roof collapse at an...
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House Republicans Demand Cuts for Wall Street Watchdogs in Budget Deal
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, where he vehemently rebuked conservative groups who oppose the pending bipartisan...
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