Too often in modern America, we equate “equal opportunity” with an opportunity to get a four-year liberal arts degree. It should mean an opportunity to learn what’s necessary to get a good job

American kids are getting ready to head back to school. But the schools they’re heading back to differ dramatically by family income

Conservatives who claim to be on the side of freedom while ignoring the growing imbalance of economic and political power in America are not in fact on the side of freedom

Rather than confront poverty by extending jobless benefits to the long-term unemployed, endorsing a higher minimum wage, or supporting jobs programs, conservative Republicans are taking a different tack

Today, just like fifty years ago, people who have been treated as voiceless and disposable are standing up and demanding change

Momentum is building to raise the minimum wage

The “paid-what-your-worth” argument is fundamentally misleading because it ignores power, overlooks institutions, and disregards politics

2013 marked one of the biggest redistributions in recent American history

So how to explain this paradox? As of November 1 more than 47 million Americans have lost some or all of their…

An old friend who has been active in politics for more than thirty years tells me he’s giving up. “I can’t stomach…