Why Local Elections Matter
Amidst the frenzy of the 2016 Presidential election, let us not forget the importance of local politics. By Sheila Suess Kennedy Our televisions and Internet feeds are rapidly filling with...
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A U.S. Pay Ratio Disclosure Victory!
The federal Securities and Exchange Commission has just given Americans an official yardstick for measuring corporate CEO greed. The sourest person in the nation’s capital today just may have been...
India Spotlights Corporate Pay Ratios
In India, major corporations now have to disclose their CEO and median worker pay. This disclosure could be a CEO pay game changer. Over the past five years, new data...
How Our Inequality Corrupts Success
In any society where great stashes of wealth amass at the top, philosopher Elizabeth Anderson reminds us, the wealthy will sooner or later see most of the rest of us as failures.
Bernie’s Missed Opportunity
To move his campaign forward, Bernie Sanders should focus on environmental justice. Even though we are still months away from the Democratic primary, it can’t be denied that Bernie Sanders...
Making 64 Cents for Every Dollar
On Black Women's Pay Equity Day, experts weigh in on income inequality for African-American women. By Kimberly Freeman Brown and Marc Bayard This past Tuesday was Black Women's Pay Equity...
How Big Business Cheats Education
Corporations are skipping out on taxes that would fund public education. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_9350" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit: commondreams.org[/caption] Corporations have reaped trillion-dollar benefits from 60 years of public...
Restoring Labor Rights in Bangladesh
Two years after the April 24, 2013, collapse of the Rana Plaza building, Bangladesh has become a laboratory to test whether pressure from worldwide labor unions and NGOs in support...
Five Steps to Privatizing Everything
Those who seek to privatize everything have a five-step process. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_9329" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit: Common Dreams[/caption] Law enforcement, education, health care, water management, government itself --...
Is Wall Street Pay Too High?
Let's rein in Wall Street pay before the high-flying gamblers drive us back to the brink.
How America Is Failing Its Schools
America's schools are not failing; America is failing its schools.