What Happens When the Rich and Poor Literally Stop Seeing Each Other?
As our cities become more segregated by income, cross-class empathy becomes less likely, and the cycle continues, making us more unequal.
7 Things You Didn’t Know About The Ultra Rich
New data provides a glimpse into the lives of the richest of rich—how the 400 highest earners make their money and pay their taxes.
Unequal ZIP Codes
The gap between richest and poorest communities grows, a reality plain to see in America’s heartland.
Looking Beyond The Election
Three visionary thinkers offer their ideas for a more just and equitable economic future.
Game Changers: How We Can Unrig the Rules and Reverse Runaway Inequality
Eight bold solutions, rooted in social movements, that can break through our broken political system.
Tryin’ to Make a Dollar Out of 64 Cents
On Black Women’s Pay Equity Day, experts weigh in on stemming the tide of income inequality for African-American women.
A Manufacturer of Equality
In the United States, top corporate execs sometimes make more in an hour than their workers can make in a year. At Mondragon, one of Spain’s largest companies, no execs can make more in an hour than their workers make in a day.
McDonald’s Workers Aren’t Lovin’ It
McDonald’s is the latest mega-rich corporate employer to announce it will give workers a raise.
A Sudden Surge of Statistical Confusion
The New York Times and the Washington Post have done some solid reporting on inequality. But this past week doesn’t rank among their finest moments.
GOP Finally Discovers Inequality?
First they were the inequality-deniers. Now you might call them the inequality-opportunists.
Inequality Is Costing Us Big-Time
Americans pay more for an economy that pumps our treasure to the top than you probably think.
Racial Wealth Inequality and the Dream Deferred
As protesters march through our cities, a new study dramatizes that at the heart of our racially fractured society is a hidden system of racial wealth inequalities.
Taming Modern Monopolies
We need to expand the struggle against privatizers.
The State of Runaway CEO Pay Resistance
Since Congress is sitting on its hands, progress on reining in executive over-compensation is cropping up elsewhere.
How Much Wealth Are Our Wealthiest Hiding?
More than enough, the latest statistical evidence suggests, to warrant a full-fledged federal search. A new banking law in effect this month could start that search in the right direction.