Co-published with The Guardian. Municipal coffers are being filled by fining those who can least afford it. If fees were tied to wealth, that calculus would shift.

Co-published with Huffington Post. The poor aren't too tempting to thieves individually, but in aggregate they provide a juicy target for anyone depraved enough to make …

Co-published with The Daily Beast. While America’s jobs and economy remain flat, it’s getting more expensive to be poor, with everyone from payday lenders to subprime credit …