If the U.K. Economy Is Improving, Why Are Over a Million People Forced to Use Food Banks?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 22, 2015 Figures regarding the United Kingdom's recovering finances fail to account for drastic growth in the number of British citizens resorting to emergency food banks just to get by. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stanford’s Making Tuition, Room and Board Virtually Free for Students From Low-Income Families

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 2, 2015 Stanford University has just taken a huge step toward helping students whose parents make less than $125,000 a year get a college education without accruing inordinate amounts of debt. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Part-Time Workers in Japan Are Living in Internet Cafes

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 15, 2015 A short film takes us into the lives of former Japanese “salarymen” and others who, because they lost work, have taken refuge in the cramped, bleak cubicles that honeycomb their society’s Internet cafes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Some Wal-Mart Workers to Get a Modest Raise

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 19, 2015 In an effort to stave off criticism of its low wages, the United States' largest private employer announced Thursday that it will raise the pay of half a million workers to $9 an hour in the next six months. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Miss America

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Ask the Pizza Hut Guy

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Happy Labor Day, America!

Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons Sep 1, 2014 Dig deeper

Back to School and to Widening Inequality

Robert Reich / Truthdig Aug 26, 2014 American kids are heading back to school. But the schools they’re going back to differ dramatically by family income. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The ‘Paid-What-You’re-Worth’ Myth

Robert Reich / Truthdig Mar 15, 2014 If you still believe people are paid what they’re worth, take a look at Wall Street bonuses. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Is Elizabeth Warren Stepping Into Sharkskin?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 1, 2014 The respected Massachusetts senator wants "to turn post offices into loan-sharking bodegas in low income neighborhoods," investigative reporter Greg Palast writes at Reader Supported News. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Save the Post Office by Having It Replace Payday Lenders

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2014 Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorsed a proposal by the United States Postal Service's inspector general over the weekend that could prevent the poor from having to shell out billions of dollars in fees and maybe even save the post office from sinking. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

War on Poverty

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