Understanding Dorothy Day Economics
Why Pope Francis celebrated the life of Dorothy Day in his Capitol Hill address It was heartening and surprising to hear Pope Francis lift up the legacy of Dorothy Day...
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Do We Need a Maximum Wage?
The new leader of the UK Labour Party is talking about capping income. Most Americans might be surprised to know that FDR did, too.
Gender Pay Gap Drives Inequality
It's a refrain we've heard a million times. "Women make 78 cents for every dollar a man makes." But what does it really mean?
How to Make Bad Jobs Good 101
Whether industrial or service, jobs become “good” only because of coordinated pressure from workers. Current campaigns across the United States to unionize service workers reflect a decades-long transformation, as service-sector employment...
Popes, Post-Partisanship, and Prisons
We all want a piece of the pope—or at least a piece of the Pope-a-Palooza. Here in DC, our hysteria greets the Catholic [caption id="attachment_9596" align="alignright" width="300"] Pope Francis...
Fair Housing in an Unfair Society
In deeply unequal communities, phenomena like gentrification are forcing us to rethink principles of social change that we used to consider axiomatic. By Peter Marcuse [caption id="attachment_9548" align="alignright" width="400"] Amid...
On Privilege and Persecution
In our unequal world, we abound with inequalities that deeply corrode our public life and civility.
Making America Work for Workers
This Labor Day, let's end the erratic scheduling practices that keep the country's workers reliant on the whims of their employers.
Remember the American Dream?
Watching Donald Trump trash immigrants and refer none-too-obliquely to people who are less fortunate as “losers”—all while wearing a hat emblazoned with the slogan “Make America Great Again”—is giving me a bad case of depression.
Executive Excess 2015: Money to Burn
This report reveals how our CEO pay system rewards executives for deepening the global climate crisis. By Sarah Anderson, Sam Pizzigati, and Chuck Collins This report reveals how our CEO...
In Search of Our First Trillionaire
No 13-digit fortune has yet appeared on the horizon. But if we wait until we get close enough to see one, warns wealth analyst Bob Lord, we may find our...
Why Black Men Run From the Police
A good, hard look at the statistics will tell you why African Americans have reason to fear an encounter with police. It’s never much of a surprise when I hear...