The Racial Wealth Divide Hurts the Entire Middle Class
By bridging the racial wealth divide, we can reduce the economic inequality that’s holding down our entire country.
Waffles, Beer, and the Penalty We Pay for Tolerating Inequality
How much does the ‘privilege’ of living in a deeply unequal nation cost ordinary Americans? Some numbers from Belgium can help us tally up the total.
Alabama Upset Sparks Calls to Slow Down GOP Tax Push
A slowdown would give the public more time to learn about the bill and all the ways it’s designed to further enrich the wealthy.
The Government Has Failed the Poor Time and Time Again. Now, They’re Failing the Middle Class,Too.
Since 1980, government programs have been failing America’s poor. The GOP tax legislation essentially re-engineers government to fail America’s middle class, too.
If Trump Wanted to Help the Middle Class, He’d Focus on Employment Taxes
If President Trump has such concern for middle income Americans, why is he so focused on the one area — federal income taxes — where they’re not getting absolutely clobbered?
Racial Inequality Is Hollowing Out America’s Middle Class
As our country becomes more diverse, our racial wealth gap means it’s also becoming poorer.
It’s Not Too Late to Reverse the Road to Zero Wealth for Households of Color
No savings, investments or home equity. This economic dystopia looms for minority families, and so does a choice: Do we want America to be more like Brazil or Canada?
The Trouble with Trump’s ‘Alternative Facts’
If Trump can sell a plain-as-day lie about his inauguration crowd, he can lie about anything — including things that hurt his own supporters.
Candidates Stop Saying ‘Middle Class’
Instead of new rhetoric about the middle class, Presidential candidates should invent policies to save it.
Inequality Is Costing Us Big-Time
Americans pay more for an economy that pumps our treasure to the top than you probably think.
NAFTA Pushes Many Mexicans to Migrate
Mexicans have little to celebrate as NAFTA turns 20 years old in 2014 – the destruction caused by the agreement continues to push many Mexicans to migrate to try to make a living.
Another Side of Inequality
A vast gulf between the rich and the rest of us is incompatible with democracy.
New Book: “The Rich Don’t Always Win: The Forgotten Triumph over Plutocracy that Created the American Middle Class”
“In his lively, engrossing new book, Sam Pizzigati tells the story of class inequality in America, from the robber barons to today’s ‘1%,’” writes Barbara Ehrenreich, author of “Nickel and Dimed.”
Middle Class Fantasy
Median family income is sliding, the social safety net is tattered, and only the top 5 percent are making any real monetary headway.
China’s Missing Middle Class
Because of outsourcing, inequality is ballooning in both the United States and China.