Topic: Rich and poor

  • Comment: Marlene Martin

    Let them eat...nothing at all

    Republicans and Democrats are agreed on an amendment to bar certain ex-prisoners from ever receiving food assistance. May 30, 2013

  • Una desigualdad diseñada

    El capitalismo está organizado para hacer más ricos a los súper-ricos. Pero, ¿hay una alternativa? May 13, 2013

  • Report: Juan Miranda

    Raleigh stands up to the cuts

    A May Day demonstration in Raleigh brought out students and other activists to fight austerity and attacks on labor. May 8, 2013

  • Editorials

    Unequal by design

    It's no accident that inequality has grown to staggering levels--capitalism is organized to make the rich super-richer. So what's the alternative? May 6, 2013

  • Comment: Nicole Colson

    Punishing children for poverty

    A Tennessee Republican's plan to peg welfare benefits to a child's academic performance is a cruel attack on the poor. April 11, 2013

  • A ban on more than public nudity

    The real purpose of a San Francisco law against nudity is to ensure that public spaces are controlled by the wealthy. January 22, 2013

  • Analysis: Todd Chretien

    What's at stake in California's Prop 30?

    California Democrats are supporting a referendum built around increasing taxes on the wealthy. But the left needs to acknowledge its drawbacks. October 30, 2012

  • Why taxing the rich isn't enough

    While taxing the rich is important, tax policy plays a miniscule role in generating the economic inequality in our society. April 24, 2012

  • We deserve more than a lottery

    What's the draw of that $640 million, really? It's about getting the hell out of this hole of rent and stress and debt. April 3, 2012

  • Occupy Dallas branches out

    The degree of solidarity exhibited between Occupy Dallas and other movements can only serve to strengthen them all. February 14, 2012

  • Occupy deserves OEA support

    I want to encourage Oakland teachers to continue to support Occupy and provide an account of what happened on January 28. February 2, 2012

  • Report

    Oakland police attack Occupiers

    At least 300 people were arrested when police attacked an Occupy Oakland demonstration aimed at taking over an abandoned building. January 31, 2012

  • Analysis

    Occupy Wall Street West

    A day of action for "Occupy Wall Street West" shows the resilience of the Occupy movement in the face of repression. January 26, 2012

  • The politics to take Occupy forward

    Occupy has diagnosed the ailments of the American political system, but it hasn't yet prescribed any cures. January 19, 2012

  • Interview

    Taking Occupy LA forward

    An activist speaks about the police raid on Occupy LA's encampment in November--and what it will take to go forward now. January 16, 2012

  • Case dismissed against Occupy Rochester

    Occupy Rochester celebrated an important victory after Judge Teresa Johnson dismissed charges against 28 activists. January 16, 2012

  • Interview: Scott Johnson

    What's in a newspaper name?

    An Oakland activist tries to make sense of the complaints that he's been getting from a certain East Bay newspaper. January 10, 2012

  • Comment: Aaron Petkov

    A U.S. company arms Egypt's tyrants

    The U.S. awarded a military contractor $395 million to build tanks for Egypt's military dictators--but it can't find a dime for workers in Detroit. January 9, 2012

  • State clears Occupy Olympia

    Washington state officials ordered the eviction of the Occupy Olympia encampment from a park adjacent to the Capitol building. January 4, 2012

  • Analysis: Elizabeth Schulte

    Robbed blind by the 1 percent

    The super-rich 1 percent doubled their share of overall income in the past three decades to more than one-fifth of the total. November 8, 2011

  • Ideas that will divide Occupy

    For the Occupy movement to be successful, it must be a movement that takes a stand against ideas that will divide us. November 3, 2011

  • Detained while occupying Tijuana

    Police recently raided Occupy Tijuana, arresting 26 protesters in all--and removing an infant from his mother's care. October 25, 2011

  • Comment: Ann Coleman

    Occupy the Hood comes to Boston

    Black and Latino residents are voicing support for Occupy the Hood and sending a message of solidarity with Occupy Boston. October 25, 2011

  • What have the rich done for us lately?

    The greed of Wall Street bankers is not an accident. We live in an economic system that encourages us all to be like them. October 18, 2011

  • Comment: Dave Rory

    Which side is Warren Buffett on?

    The world's third-richest man is being called a socialist--but Warren Buffett's proposal to raise taxes on the super-rich isn't even radical. September 8, 2011

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