Poverty

Democracy Now! speaks to Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch and author of the new report, “NAFTA at 20.”

Even the limited ways out of student debt obligations are often not available in practice thanks to the hyper-aggressive conduct of a critical government contractor.

The most common reason people are in jail is because they can't afford the fee.

America's broken criminal justice system has consigned millions of people to poverty and poor health as they age. It's time for the aging community to fight.

For years, Utah has addressed its homeless problem by simply offering apartments to those who lack a home.

Devorah Heitner's new book, “Black Power TV” describes the pioneering journalists who attempted to provide adequate media representation of African-Americans.

Majority debt holders seek to end standoff between Argentina and holdouts.

Strangely, the faces of women have disappeared from the debate about cutting food stamps and have been absorbed into abstract “needy families.”

We need to swallow this planet and everything in it in order to fulfill our human destiny.

Arne Duncan's latest gaffe highlights the critical inequities of federal education “reforms.” Reversing these trends will require policymakers to acknowledge that education alone cannot create perfect equity of opportunity.