Let’s Strengthen our Safety Net
One in seven Americans–a record high of 43.6 million people–was poor last year.
Slashing Food Stamps Makes No Sense
Congress should get the money for its jobs bill by taxing the multibillion-dollar bonuses that Wall Street bankers are paying out to themselves.
A GOP Leader’s Economic Plan
He would literally take the food out of the mouths of people in real need.
Safety Net
Wall Streeters land just fine, but kids in dire poverty slip right through.
Jobs Crisis Needs Drastic Action
Nine months into the stimulus, with double-digit unemployment, we need a full-scale emergency relief plan.
Battered by the Storm: How the Safety Net Is Failing Americans and How to Fix It
The economic crisis is still on the rise for millions of Americans, while at the same time the social safety net is failing to support many of them.
We’re Doing a Heckuva Job Helping Those Devastated by the Economic Meltdown
Like the levees in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the safety net is failing Americans battered by the ‘Great Recession’ of 2008-2009.
Why Welfare Reform Fails its Recession Test
Our ‘social safety net’ isn’t holding up at a time when we need it most.