Poverty

On May 18, solidarity actions were held in New York City and in San Cristu00f3bal de las Casas, Mexico, to protest the recent assassination of Zapatista Josu00e9 Luis Solu00eds …

Georgia has taken the lead in the mad dash to thwart the Affordable Care Act and prevent poor people from accessing health care.

This Mother's Day, Shanesha Taylor, a 25-year old homeless and unemployed mother, will be fighting for her freedom and her children for committing the unspeakable crime: trying to feed …

Mother's Day needs to become a call to arms against the continued oppression and trauma of incarceration experienced by both mothers and children.

San Francisco upgraded its power washing of Market Street sidewalks from twice a month to 20 times per month, a rate increasingly hard on the street's homeless population.

The state of New Mexico is being hit with the catastrophic environmental impacts of the laissez-faire policies of Governor Susana Martinez.

While the US is the wealthiest nation in the world, and has the most billionaires in the world, not a single US city ranks among the world's most livable …

In his new book, Matt Taibbi explains how two of the most troubling trends in the United States are interwoven: economic inequality and mass incarceration. Wealth can merit an …

With mountains of knowledge, why aren't we better at setting up our society in a way that helps us to prosper? Unfortunately, ours is increasingly designed by politicians indebted …

It's time to eliminate poverty in the United States, and give everyone a shot at living the American Dream.