I love how the think tanks are putting their social and intellectual capital to work in the service of fighting inequality.  We can’t have enough people on board.  Which is why I was happy to catch up with the Economic Policy Institute’s interactive website, inequality.is

Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration (Bill’s, that [... click post title to read more ...]

Last night, before turning off the lights, I read the following letter, in the latest New Yorker, from Michael Silverstein, in Los Angeles:
James Surowiecki asserts that Bill de Blasio’s plan for universal pre-K education “may be good social policy, but it’s not going to create jobs,” even though the addition of pre-kindergarten has clear positive [... click post title to read more ...]

As our representatives in Congress continue their tantrum, veteran children’s advocate Marian Wright Edelman declared:
Children have only one childhood. Every day that children are being denied early education and nutritious food impacts their chances of living to their full potential. We must stand up for children across the country. The federal government shutdown must end [... click post title to read more ...]