The situation shows how President Bill Clinton’s 1996 welfare reform has failed families who badly need direct cash assistance, writes Hannah Dreyfus.
Hoarding Welfare Funds Amid Rising Need in US
Category: Income Inequality
A Bittersweet 2021
Biden’s Industry-Friendly Covid Test Reimbursements
The plan puts the U.S. far behind other wealthy countries, several of which have for months offered free, rapid, home Covid-19 tests to residents.
Atlantic Hurricane Season Blows Open US Inequities
Much of the climate-related homelessness and permanent displacement could be prevented if the U.S. government invested in preparedness, say the authors.
Art ‘Appreciation,’ Billionaire-Style
Fine art has never been more financially lucrative — or less central to U.S. culture, writes Sam Pizzigati.
Preserving Out-of-Control Power
Jonathan Cook examines how intellectual and cultural life gets captured by the billionaire class.
Billionaires Not Morally Qualified to Shape Civilization
We’re talking about a class which could easily put a complete halt to human beings dying of starvation, writes Caitlin Johnstone. But they don’t.
The Havoc Left by Private Equity’s Pioneers
Kingpins like Kravis and Roberts have been hollowing out the hopes of average working people and the communities they call home, writes Sam Pizzigati.
When Wall Street Came to My Mobile Home Park
Francine Townsend loved where she lived until a corporation entwined with a Toronto-based private equity firm took ownership of it.
US Labor Shortage Sees Wages Rise
After decades of wage stagnation, Dean Baker is glad to see real progress for at least some at the bottom of the wage ladder.