You Can't Fix Juvenile Justice and Ignore Race

by Dom Apollon on July 16 2010, 12:31PM

It'll take more than a cost-benefit analysis to stop locking up so many black and brown kids.

Topics: Criminal Justice, The Policy Blog

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The Insurance Industry's Stealth Attack on Health Reform

by Yvonne Yen Liu on July 16 2010, 11:08AM

Why you should care about "Medical Loss Ratio." No, really.

Topics: Health, The Policy Blog

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Let's Try It Again! Another Pass at Jobless Benefits Bill

by Seth Freed Wessler on June 29 2010, 2:21PM

The House votes on extending unemployment benefits today as 1.2 million are at risk of losing their lifeline.

Topics: Economy, The Policy Blog

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Kyl Shoots and Misses on Kagan Immigration Brief

by Seth Freed Wessler on June 28 2010, 3:26PM

The senator hopes to put Kagan on the spot for the administration's brief challenging (likely unconstitutional) another Arizona law. He ought to know she didn't write it.

Topics: Elena Kagan, The Policy Blog

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How Congress Ignores the Jobless Without Political Worry

by Seth Freed Wessler on June 24 2010, 6:27PM

Frances Fox Piven says it's because people getting benefits no longer share a public space--where organizing could happen.

Topics: Economy, The Policy Blog

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No End in Sight for Foreclosures

by Michelle Chen on June 23 2010, 7:47AM

The recession still has more damage to do. And a new Center for Responsible Lending report says Black and Latino homeowners will continue feeling the worst of it.

Topics: Economy, The Policy Blog

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Elena Kagan is No Thurgood Marshall

by Dom Apollon on May 12 2010, 12:00PM

Obama's second Supreme Court nominee clerked for one of history's greatest racial justice champions. You wouldn't know it by looking at her career since.

Topics: Elena Kagan, The Policy Blog

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