The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid

By Congressman Mark Takano

8 Persistent Myths About Poverty in America

1. Myth: Poverty alleviating programs induce laziness and even criminal behaviors…

Wall Street Bought Your Foreclosed Home. They’re Happy To Rent It Back To You.

By Congressman Mark…

Memos to Mark: Battery Storage and Why it is the Next Big Thing

How For-Profit Colleges Are Ripping Off Taxpayers and Bankrupting Our Students

It’s time to put…

Lessons Learned from Karnes and Dilley

This month, I had the opportunity to visit the Karnes and Dilley family detention centers in Texas alongside seven congressional colleagues. After that trip, it was clear to me, we simply cannot detain families humanely. Last week, we spoke to members of the…

The Demise of Modern Medicine

How we stop squandering the greatest medical achievement of the 20th…

Silicon Valley Has a Race Problem

As a congressional representative in the Bay Area, I have the honor of representing one of the most…

CEOs Are Rewarded for Keeping Their Employees in Poverty. It’s Time to Change That.

Memos to Mark: For-profit probation and modern day debtors’ prison