COLORLINES - Budget

Oakland Residents Stage Silent Protests to Save Libraries

by Thoai Lu on June 15 2011, 2:50PM

If city lawmakers have their way, Oakland will be left with only four public libraries.

Topics: Budget

Is Anyone Fighting For Your Town’s Library? [Reader Forum]

by Channing Kennedy on June 5 2011, 2:19PM

As cash-strapped city governments across the country talk library closures, we ask what’s at stake for your community.

Topics: Budget

Libraries are Part of the Safety Net — No Wonder Governments Hate Them

by Channing Kennedy on June 2 2011, 10:38AM

Long before the internet came along, libraries were under attack by local governments and bad funding decisions.

Topics: Budget

The Debt Ceiling: Explained (and Quickly)

by Shani O. Hilton on May 20 2011, 9:35AM

The wonky economic fight boils down to this: How much are poor people gonna have to pay to spring the White House from the GOP’s latest trap?

Topics: Budget, Economy

Why Aren’t We Paying More Attention to the People’s Budget?

by Shani O. Hilton on May 5 2011, 12:30PM

Observers say a plan crafted by the Congressional People’s Caucus offers a good alternative to those offered by Obama and the GOP.

Topics: Budget

A Closer Look at What Got Chopped in This Year’s Budget

by Shani O. Hilton on April 22 2011, 4:59PM

Among the worst examples of things that will do nothing to cut the deficit: a fund for the upkeep public housing.

Topics: Budget

What Do You Thank Taxes For? [Reader Forum]

by Channing Kennedy on April 17 2011, 2:05PM

With the deficit-reduction battle focused on service cuts for all of us and tax cuts for the rich, we stopped to ask what we’re all paying for. Here’s what some of you told us.

Topics: Budget, Economy

Six Public Goods That Have Shaped My Life—Or, Why Taxes Are Cool

by Kai Wright on April 15 2011, 9:47AM

My mom’s retirement, the subway, books in Washington and more. Chime in with your own examples of why we should all be happy to contribute to the collective good.

Topics: Budget, Kai Wright

Obama’s Government Spending Pitch: The Great Society Is Patriotic

by Kai Wright on April 14 2011, 10:43AM

Obama says America’s safety net makes it great. But that’s only been true since the 1960s, and the GOP is at the endgame in a decades-long effort to undue it.

Topics: Budget, Kai Wright

The Long Racial History of the Tea Party’s Deficit Trojan Horse

by Dorian Warren on April 13 2011, 10:30AM

The American right has been railing against the size of federal government for centuries. We’d do well to remember why.

Topics: Budget, History, Politics

D.C. Mayor Vince Gray Arrested in Budget Battle Protest

by Shani O. Hilton on April 12 2011, 1:30PM

A new budget deal prevents D.C. from spending its own funds on abortions for poor black and brown women.

Topics: Budget, Politics

Is Michele Bachmann Shutting Down the Government (To Run It)?

by Channing Kennedy on April 8 2011, 3:49PM

Her tea party caucus is showing just how much heft it plans to throw around in the 2012 elections.

Topics: Budget, Politics

$327 Million for Women’s Health Will Shut Down Government, Say Dems

by Shani O. Hilton on April 8 2011, 3:27PM

None of that money goes to fund abortion, but it does fund reproductive health for poor women of color.

Topics: Budget, Planned Parenthood, Politics

Obama Can Save Government by Reviving His 2008 Mastery of Values

by Kai Wright on April 7 2011, 11:54AM

The president once argued the budget was a values-based document. Now, he’s all about process over purpose.

Topics: Budget, Kai Wright, Politics

Breaking Down the GOP Budget Plan to Cut Medicaid and Medicare

by Mary Agnes Carey on April 6 2011, 10:41AM

Both African Americans and Latinos depend heavily upon the programs for access to health care.

Topics: Budget, Health

As Budget Battle Climaxes, Civil Rights Groups Tally Potential Damage

by Shani O. Hilton on April 5 2011, 3:28PM

Marian Wright Edelman: “This is the most dangerous time for black children since slavery.”

Topics: Budget, Politics

Another Budget Deadline Approaches, Poor People Still Screwed

by Shani O. Hilton on April 4 2011, 1:33PM

Congress has until Friday to decide whether to scapegoat struggling families by a lot, or just a little.

Topics: Budget, Economy, Politics

The Budget Line Neither Party’s Willing To Defend: Foreign Aid

by Michelle Chen on February 21 2011, 10:00AM

We’re still putting our money into war, rather than peace and prosperity.

Topics: Budget, Global Justice

Rep. Moore Tells Anti-Choice GOP Where to Shove Black Genocide Lie

by Akiba Solomon on February 18 2011, 6:45PM

“I know a lot about having black babies. I’ve had three of them,” she explains during Pence Amendment debate.

Topics: Akiba Solomon, Budget, Health, Planned Parenthood

Congressional Black Caucus “Cannot Accept” Obama Budget Cuts

by Shani O. Hilton on February 16 2011, 12:45PM

Members say the real deficit trouble is December’s tax cut deal, not vital poverty and development programs.

Topics: Budget, Politics

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