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How to Truly Eradicate Poverty

Dorian T. Warren The Nation
We need more than just a safety net. We need a blueprint to create good jobs for all. Take ACTION with Putting Families First: Good Jobs for All.

The Political Roots of Widening Inequality

Robert Reich The American Prospect
The key to understanding the rise in inequality is not technology or globalization. It is the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market.

Guilty of Mental Illness

Deborah L. Shelton Chicago Reporter
Illinois de-institutionalized nearly 35,000 people in the 1960s and 1970s and never fully invested in a community-based mental health treatment system and affordable housing.

AFL-CIO Delays CA Hospital Vote: What Happened to Employee Free Choice?

Steve Early Beyond Chron
When workers feel collectively trapped in poorly performing unions that do not properly represent them, the most union-minded among them often believe that changing unions is their only hope. If switching to another union is not a viable option because of AFL rules or incumbent union manipulation of Labor Board procedures, the result will be more workplace anger, frustration, and resentment.

‘The Wire,’ the burning of Baltimore and the limits of art

Alyssa Rosenberg The Washington Post
Pleas from Simon, Andre Royo and Wendell Pierce, among others, are an acknowledgement of the real-world authority we’ve granted to “The Wire,” one of the most venerated shows ever to air on American television.