American Dreams
Patricia J. Williams
If the American Dream is a form of worship, we need new totems to fit new and troubled times.
2008
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Lost Causes Not Yet Found
Kevin M. Kruse : Non-Fiction
In Defying Dixie, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore seeks to reclaim the radical origins of the modern civil rights struggle.
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Hearts and Minds
Thomas J. Sugrue : Non-Fiction
Is there more to racism in America than intolerance and immorality? Four books shed light.
2007
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Environmentalism With a Social Conscience
At the eighteenth annual Bioneers Conference, environmentalists and social activists are creating alliances that allow the poor to share the promise of a greening America.
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Summer Lunch Crunch
Herman Schwartz : Children & Child Care
It's going to be a hungry summer for low-income kids on vacation from school lunch programs.
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The New Suburban Poverty
For the first time, more poor Americans live in the nation's suburbs than in all our cities combined.
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Home Truths
That poor children in the United States and Britain have the worst quality of life in the developed world speaks volumes about our misplaced priorities.
2006
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Inequality Counts
The relentless reduction of taxes on the wealthy has created a profound inequality between the very rich and the bottom half of American society, affecting every aspect of daily life.
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Tax Refund Scheme Targets the Working Poor
Corporate tax preparers like H&R Block continue to target taxpayers hungry for rapid refunds with questionable loans.
2005
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Robbing the Poor
Sharon Lerner : Republican Party
As House Republicans use the cost of recovery from Gulf Coast storms as an excuse to rip last-minute holes in the social safety net, it's not too late to change priorities.
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Squeezing the Have-Nots
William Greider : U.S. Economy
Fitful efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast unfold against a backdrop of looming economic disaster: rising unemployment and interest rates, misplaced priorities and a recession that will hurt the weakest most.
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Bush Finally Sees Poor People
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
It takes a hurricane to raise awareness that the numbers of poor people are growing on George Bush's watch. Will that be enough for the President to begin to level the playing field?
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Lessons From the Social Security Debate
Jared Bernstein & Mark Greenberg : Social Security
A better approach to measuring poverty.
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Let Them Eat Cake
Trudy Lieberman : Government Programs
The Bush budget cuts programs for the hungry.
2004
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Straight Down the Middle
Eyal Press : Presidential Election 2004
Not being "middle class," the poor have been invisible in this campaign.
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Do You Feel a Draft?
The main effect of bringing back the draft would be to further militarize the nation.
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What's Good Enough?
Peter Schrag : Education Policy & Reform
Advocates are demanding not just equal but decent schools for all children.
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Working and Poor in the USA
A vast impoverished population languishes in the midst of our economy.
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