It must be nice to be Leon Cooperman. He’s rich, well-educated, well-respected, married and the father of two children. He lives in a leafy
Category: Economy
Education doesn’t always lead to strong economy: Ask Greece
One of the few conservative ideas that has sufficient appeal for progressives to embrace is that you can’t solve problems just by throwing money
Shalom House: a smart, effective program for homeless women
On December 7, along with 26 other women from Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice, I had the privilege to help serve dinner to
Lingering questions about Black Friday
“Black Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving, was a wonderful gift to both retailers and the media. Even before midnight Thanksgiving night, stores were mobbed
Can Occupy learn from the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign?
Most people know that when Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, he was in Memphis to help striking sanitation workers.
Occupy Wall Street redefines the American dream
Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and
Do “small” businesses really create most US jobs?
If you had a dollar for every time a campaigning politician said that small businesses create most American jobs, you might have enough money
Is concern about the diminishing middle class causing us to forget the poor?
Out of sight, out of mind. That’s been a major problem for poor people in the United States. When John F. Kennedy was a
“Overtaxed” Illinois corporations threaten to leave state
At a time when the greed of the one percent is on the minds of Americans, several Illinois corporations are threatening to leave the
You’re kidding: City favors Christmas tree over Occupiers?
It’s possible that the biggest obstacle to justice is the kindness and generosity of charity. No example can better illustrate this than St. Louis