Let's imagine two well coiffed, Botoxed and manicured women from a fictional town in Fairfield County, "New Stamienwich" driving to a charity luncheon in Bridgeport, the largest and poorest city in Connecticut.
Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
A society cannot survive without a safety net and we don't have one during the worst economic crisis in decades.
Sally Kohn | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
While conservatives would have us think that the crisis we're in is a fluke, the reality is that we have all been standing on the curb of opportunity for far too long as prosperity passed us by.
Chris Weigant | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
President Obama has proposed a tax cut on payroll taxes. Republicans are against it, and even have taken to calling it "welfare." Excuse me? Welfare? Tax cuts are now welfare in Republicanland?
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics
From 1996 to 2007, the number of single-parent families with children living below the poverty line fell by a whopping 2.5%. Who says there's no progress in America?
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
The present plan includes tax cuts that will benefit even those too poor to pay taxes, and includes $4 billion for child care services for low-income families.
Judith Ellis | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
Change begins with each of us on the smallest of levels. Trash in our neighborhoods is not a small thing. As does love, respect too begins at home.
Maria Cuomo Cole | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics
There will be far fewer chimneys for Santa to squeeze through this holiday season as there are more people are living on the streets and in homeless shelters now than since the Great Depression.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics
Although the recession is hitting men's employment more directly, overall women's employment rates in the 2000s have fallen more, and progress toward gender equality has stalled.
Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
In his first month as President-elect, Barack Obama has remained silent on the issue of poverty. Across more than 30 public statements since electio...
Joel Berg | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
Federal law, as well as extra rules piled on by states, counties, and cities, often make the process of applying for foods stamps a Kafka-esque nightmare.
Elisabeth Mason and Julie Kashen | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
At Single Stop USA, our mission is to raise millions of people out of poverty by ending this disconnect through a revolutionary coordination of service delivery and distribution.
Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home
If women aren't looked after in this election, in this economic environment, the losses will be substantial and lasting.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.25.2008 | Living
The evidence on well-being among children with disabilities is distressing. In this country, they are more likely to be poor, and more likely to live in single-parent families.
Norman Solomon | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
These times provide a crash course on the corporate state: If a company like AIG is too big to fail, the government will rescue it. Mere pe...
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
Maybe Reagan would have been happy to lend his fellow rich, white people a couple (or 700 billion) bucks. After all, Neo-Conservatives are fine with Socialism as long as the right kinds of people are receiving the hand-outs.
Kim Stagliano | Posted 03.08.2009 | Living