
Poor People Will Be Voting for Their Lives in the Midterms
New poverty data reveals the effectiveness of pandemic aid programs that are now expired. For poor Americans, building on that success is a matter of life and death.
New poverty data reveals the effectiveness of pandemic aid programs that are now expired. For poor Americans, building on that success is a matter of life and death.
Common sense federal investments caused poverty to plunge during the pandemic shock. If we fail to renew them, we’re choosing poverty.
But it needs to be a first step, not the last.
The National Defense Authorization Act is expected to receive a full vote in July. It’s not too late for members of Congress to change course.
Build Back Better is on the ropes. But other parts of a just transition are moving forward.
A new wave of extractivism from the Global South is the hidden side of the energy transitions in the North.
Among care advocates, equitable paid leave policy needs to meet the triple A standard: Accessible, affordable, and adequate.
The spending priorities Biden listed in his State of the Union speech don’t match reality. It’s time to invest in the people of this country.
The president’s SOTU address tasked Congress with an ambitious agenda, but Biden needs to do much more on his own.
Strong jobs numbers are not enough. The president should keep pushing a bold legislative agenda while deploying every executive tool at his disposal to achieve a more equitable economy.
Over 35,000 people joined a recent telephone town hall to kick off a six-week campaign to protect investments in the care economy.
The Poor People’s Campaign and progressive members of Congress vow to continue the fight for the Build Back Better Act.
The human cost of Manchin’s threat to kill the Build Back Better Act.
Some senators say Biden’s social and climate bill costs too much, but comparing it to the military spending plan they just passed suggests otherwise.
Feeling bleak? Well, 2021 wasn’t all bad — here are a few astounding things ordinary people won at home and abroad.