Sana Rafiq

This Black History Month, hard data reveal how the pandemic has widened racial divides.

In Arizona, two universities are spearheading an effort to unionize the entire state’s higher education workforce.

On November 3, voters in many states and cities approved a variety of inequality-related proposals, from taxing the wealthy to increasing the minimum wage and tenant protections.

On November 3, voters in many states and cities will weigh in on a variety of inequality-related proposals, from taxing the wealthy to increasing worker and tenant protections.

A new data visualization series illustrates how the pandemic and flawed policy responses have widened long-standing economic, racial, and gender divides.

NFL owners and even some fans might want to simply watch their teams compete and forget about the world’s problems. Right now, that’s just not possible.

If a few sports walkouts can force change on the national level, imagine what an Amazon or Wal-Mart walkout could do.

Despite a boom in package deliveries, USPS is facing insolvency due to crisis-related drops in mail revenue and increased costs.

Two million Americans petitioned Capitol Hill to show their support for the survival of our public Postal Service.

Lifting student debt burdens would particularly benefit people of color, while giving the economy a major boost.

Georgians of all stripes will suffer if the USPS goes bankrupt, but African Americans, rural folks, and veterans will bear the brunt of it.

The 15 most rural states would face heavy blows to jobs, revenue, mail and package deliveries, and voting rights.

The owners of sports teams make billions off low-wage stadium workers. With games suspended, those workers deserve help.

Medical care is disproportionately available to the rich. To fix this, we need a massive humanitarian response to the coronavirus by the federal government.

Letting people fill out ballots at their kitchen table and pop them in the mail reduces economic barriers to participation for low-income Americans.

The bipartisan bill would ease financial challenges critics use to justify postal worker wage cuts and selling parts of USPS to for-profit corporations.

In his State of the Union address, the president made a poor attempt to conceal the continued rise in economic inequality under his administration.

The NFL strives to keep politics out of football ahead of the Super Bowl, except for when it comes from billionaire owners.

Driven by greed, Major League Baseball wants to kill 42 franchises in the towns that made baseball America’s pastime.

The Prime Minister resigned over the nationwide protests, catapulting a 34-year-old woman into Finland’s top job.