Shredding the Safety Net

Shredding the Safety Net

As long as the poor remain invisible and voiceless, homelessness and hunger will continue to grow.

Don’t Cut Head Start

Don’t Cut Head Start

Congress is debating whether to slash more than $1 billion from Head Start to give trillions of dollars in tax cuts to the richest Americans and corporations.

Author Event: Living in the Crossfire

Author Event: Living in the Crossfire

Living in the Crossfire is an exhaustive study of the violence that touches the daily lives of Rio de Janeiro’s favela residents caught in the crossfire between the traffickers that control the favelas and police officers.  This book provides vivid accounts from favela residents, human rights activists and policy makers. It offers an analysis of public policies to address this grave problem while pointing out the underlying social and economic problems that exacerbate the situation.

Raise the Minimum Wage

Boosting it would help our lowest-paid workers as well as the entire economy.

America’s Hungry Children Need Food

Congress shouldn’t be gutting our effective Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program when there are still children in our country that are desperately in need of food.

Poverty on the March

In the name of thrift, Congress has chiseled unemployment, food stamps, housing, child care, and most other social services.

Dealing With Iran

The initial scenario in Iran turns out to be considerably more complicated.