I’ve just read–two years after everyone else–Katherine Boo’s powerful book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers. It won the 2012 National Book Award, and a blurb
Category: Poverty
Is capitalism really the best economic system?
From the time we were children, we have been indoctrinated to think of capitalism as the best economic system on the planet, synonymous with
Robert Reich: The war on the poor and working class, in 2 min., 15 sec.
This is the best summary of the not-so-hidden agenda of the corporate class to weaken the tiny bit of power the working class still
Opting out of Medicaid expansion: Here’s how many people it hurts
I live in a state whose Republican-controlled legislature decided to opt-out of Medicaid expansion. As you probably remember, expanding Medicaid was a key provision
Invisible and hurting
Many of my friends have been incredibly generous with donations of food, money, toiletries and blankets to the St. Louis Homeless Winter Outreach volunteers.
Mass incarceration–the new Jim Crow
I think it’s time to talk about an issue that isn’t glamorous or infamous, but it is so subtle and so completely off the
The “Grand Unifying Theory” and the case for societal action
Before dawn on a wickedly cold and rainy Thursday morning, fast food workers in black hoodies and t-shirts gathered on a parking lot on
The pope, the president and the public schools
Sometimes progressives don’t agree with conservatives, and the gist of the differences are about policy issues. Other times, one or perhaps both sides of
Obama talks about inequality: Progressive Blog Digest
The best speech Obama has given on the economy, plus other items posted on progressive blogs today. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/04/the-best-speech-obama-has-given-on-the-economy/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/12/04/inequality-is-the-defining-issue-of-our-time/ http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/income-inequality-riskier-you-think http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/12/president-obama-makes-his-pitch-fighting-income-inequality Really
Pope Francis makes headlines by making us think about poor people. Imagine that.
“Pope Ramps Up Charity Office to Be With Poor.” That was a headline in the November 29th St. Louis Post -Dispatch. Pope Francis is making