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March 22, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Latest Rage-Rant Reveals a Major Political Weakness
His eruption over President Biden’s attacks exposes one of the biggest vulnerabilities in his 2024 campaign.
March 11, 2024
Paige Oamek
Trump Is Threatening to Gut Social Security. Take His Word for It.
Donald Trump says there are “a lot” of ways to cut Social Security and Medicare.
July 3, 2020
J.C. Pan
Conservative Austerity Created the Mask Wars
Decades of attacks on public programs have led us to a point where we’re arguing about personal responsibility in the midst of a pandemic.
May 22, 2020
J.C. Pan
What If Mass Unemployment Is Here to Stay?
We need anti-poverty measures that treat wide-scale joblessness as a starting point, not as a temporary problem that will naturally resolve itself.
May 7, 2020
Andrew Schwartz
The Fraught Realities of Financial Relief During a Pandemic
For many Americans receiving unemployment insurance right now, finally coming out ahead shows how badly they’ve been left behind.
April 7, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Brands Feel Your Pain
What pandemic responses from Starbucks to 1-800-Contacts say about the grotesque shortcomings of corporate social responsibility
May 19, 2016
David Dayen
Elizabeth Warren’s Next Crusade
Can liberals fix the safety net for 21st-century workers?
July 30, 2014
Kathryn Edin
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Luke Shaefer
The Truth About Food Stamps (Hint: They Work and Help Millions)
SNAP has halved the number of children living in extreme poverty.
July 16, 2014
Danny Vinik
Paul Ryan Genuinely Wants to Help the Poor, But Has No Clue How
May 22, 2014
Danny Vinik
Reform Conservatives Just Proposed a Smart Anti-Poverty Plan. Will Paul Ryan Embrace It?
March 4, 2014
Mike Konczal
The New GOP Poverty Efforts Are Impractical, Incoherent, and Inhumane
And they'll also put more kids in poverty
January 8, 2014
Mike Konczal
The War on Poverty Turns 50: Three Lessons for Liberals Today
January 29, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Obamacare Sticker Shock: Not Very Shocking
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