Negin Owliaei is an Inequality Editor and Researcher at the Institute for Policy Studies. Before joining IPS, she worked as a journalist and digital producer at Al Jazeera Media Network, where she covered social movements and the internet for the award-winning program The Stream. Negin graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in International Studies and English.
When 2020 candidates went head to head in the first Democratic debate, America’s extreme economic divide was front and center.
The last thing on your mind during a ride to the ER should be: Is this going to bankrupt me?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York state legislature could end the subminimum tipped wage for carwasheros downstate.
Rideshare drivers around the world strike for better pay and working conditions from the multi-billion dollar company.
Here’s a stat for International Workers’ Day that’s giving us hope.
A new movement is building towards an economy centered on global solidarity, rather than an international race to the bottom.
Striking workers won backing from every corner of their community, from local rabbis preparing for Passover to placard-carrying toddlers.
A minimum wage hike would boost earnings for 40 million workers.
A coalition of activists is challenging the financial industry’s ties to the gun industry, its lobbyists, and the lawmakers that support it most.
Hedge fund heads buy up mansions and NFL teams, all on the tab of autoworkers.
A recent report exposes how public pensions are intertwined with institutions that profit off mass incarceration.
Invest in communities, New Yorkers say, not a labor-busting, tax-avoiding corporation that profits off hate.
Workers have been fighting Donald Trump’s agenda form the earliest days of his presidency.
Voters made their desire for progressive change clear in November. Now they’re making sure their new representatives come through with their campaign promises.
When he wasn’t masquerading as an advocate for poor people, he was slashing their social programs to give tax breaks to the rich.
Teachers won the first charter school strike in the U.S. by demanding everything from pay raises to sanctuary schools for students.
Voters in several states passed measures to protect and expand the rights of people across the country.
Educators and their allies hope to turn momentum from nationwide strikes into gains at the ballot box.
From ballot initiatives to anti-inequality candidates, the 2018 election offers plenty of opportunities to chip away at our economic divide.
A new report shines a light on the Durham and Atlanta healthcare workers raising the standards of care in America.