Franklin D. Roosevelt: Socialist or "Champion of Freedom"?
For Roosevelt, government intervention in the economy was not about destroying individual liberty; it was about restoring individual liberty. This is a good reminder for President Obama.
For Roosevelt, government intervention in the economy was not about destroying individual liberty; it was about restoring individual liberty. This is a good reminder for President Obama.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.02.2012
I believe this is an Amber Alert time for millions of our nation's poor children and that everyone needs to be on the lookout for the children, to ensure the children's health, safety and education, and to see that justice is done.
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.30.2012
Mitt Romney claims that he has a plan for "more jobs, less debt and smaller government." He also says that he has the "integrity" to "speak honestly with the American people." But his "plan" simply doesn't add up.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.25.2012
Medicaid is vital -- it provides hundreds of millions of children who are poor or have disabilities with comprehensive health coverage enabling them to become productive, taxpaying members of society.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.18.2012
At one time, the Nations owned a home. But like so many other American families, their standard of living has declined over the past decade even though they are a two-parent working family.
Huff TV | Posted 04.14.2012
Arianna appeared on CNN's "Your Bottom Line," to discuss the growth of "safety net" benefits like food stamps and Medicaid. "It's a sign of what a t...
nytimes.com | Posted 02.12.2012
Ki Gulbranson owns a logo apparel shop, deals in jewelry on the side and referees youth soccer games. He makes about $39,000 a year and wants you to k...
Tammy Duckworth | Posted 04.11.2012
Nobody wants to be on food stamps, but when my family lost everything, we were grateful for it.
Bob Greenstein | Posted 04.10.2012
The positive news is that the safety net, bolstered by temporary expansions enacted during the recession, has helped hold the line against poverty and hardship in the past few years. But the safety net also has significant holes.
Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.08.2012
Rick defending Mitt?! Well, sorta kinda. ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.07.2012
While most of the attention so far has been focused on the "out of touch" nature of Mitt's "very poor" choice of words, the real damage to Mitt as a Republican candidate stems from how he attempted to explain what he really meant.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.04.2012
Anyone who thinks welfare recipients do nothing but sit around and cash their checks isn't familiar with the schedules of Tiffany and many others like her.
Bob Greenstein | Posted 04.04.2012
We're glad the governor is expressing support for a safety net and for fixing it if it needs repair. Yet his own budget proposals would tear gaping holes in the safety net and damage it severely.
Jodie Levin-Epstein | Posted 04.04.2012
The responsibility of government is at the heart of the 2012 presidential campaign. A challenge for the candidates should be to come up with a list of holes and which they think are the "holeist."
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.02.2012
Low-income Republican voters say the government does too little for poor people, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Over half of Repub...
Olusegun Obasanjo | Posted 03.19.2012
In Nigeria, the world's fifth-largest oil exporter, children and families continue to go hungry in many areas of the country.
Arloc Sherman | Posted 02.15.2012
Unemployment and long-term unemployment remained very high, as did the percentage Americans without health insurance. Yet things aren't nearly as bad as they could have been.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 02.08.2012
We have good safety net programs, and we have to make sure every child who could benefit from these programs does. Help for poor parents and children should be protected before tax breaks for wealthy corporations and millionaires.
The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.21.2011
More than an ocean divides the United States and Western Europe. Americans are significantly less supportive of a social safety net than Western ...
Jake Blumgart | Posted 01.18.2012
Ensuring that American students can attend school with full bellies seems like the most uncontroversial public policy of all time. Not so anymore, now that child nutrition has met the Tea Party.
Posted 01.01.2012
The head of the city's Department of Family and Support Services is under fire Tuesday after suggesting that homeless Chicagoans should take cabs to o...
Jared Bernstein | Posted 10.24.2011
Vinod Thomas | Posted 09.13.2011
It pays to build safety net systems in relatively stable times so that the worst poverty impacts from unanticipated events can be cushioned.
HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 09.07.2011
By now, you need willful denial to miss the fact that the economy is in dreadful shape and showing no signs of meaningful improvement. For those incli...
David Woolner | Posted 04.23.2012