Pope Francis on Climate and Inequality
Here are five key quotes from the encyclical that will shake up the global climate debate. By Janet Redman Pope Francis just released an “encyclical,” a fancy word for a...
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Depths of Poverty in the Deep South
The residents of Tchula, Mississippi live with deep poverty that stems from slavery and Jim Crow. By Scott Rodd [caption id="attachment_9145" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit: Scott Rodd, ThinkProgress[/caption] Andrew sat a...
Steal from Taxpayers, Blame the Poor
Millions of Americans are working full-time for such little pay that they must depend on the safety net. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_9168" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit: Ineteconomics[/caption] It's a vicious...
Is Political Inequality the Worst Kind?
The most pernicious form of inequality—political inequality—is one of the least discussed. By Sheila Suess Kennedy [caption id="attachment_9133" align="alignright" width="300"] Strict voter ID laws are erecting unnecessary barriers to the...
Sanders and Free Market Mythology
Bernie Sanders' candidacy has the potential to bust up common mythmaking about the free market. By Claire Goldstene [caption id="attachment_9118" align="alignright" width="300"] Bernie Sanders' campaign is delivering sorely needed truths...
Inequality in the Digital Economy
A new special issue of The Nation brings an inequality frame to our current cyber world. Reams have been written about the implications of our Digital Age for personal privacy....
A Tax System that Targets Workers
We have taxes on the labor we do and another set of taxes on wealth. Two years ago, my colleague Sam Pizzigati and I penned an op-ed, A Tax System...
Elder Care in the Age of Inequality
Elderly Americans are a major victim of today's growing inequality. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_9091" align="alignright" width="300"] From 2005 to 2009, the percentage of seniors in America falling into poverty...
A Company that Manufactures Equality
U.S. CEOs sometimes make more in an hour than their workers can make in a year. At Mondragón, one of Spain’s largest enterprises, no execs can make more in an hour than their workers make in a day.
From the Great Society to the Debt Trap
The most financially vulnerable Americans are falling into the Debt Trap. By Larry Checco Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson launched his Great Society, a set of domestic programs...
A Student Call for a Maximum Wage
Top college and university executives regularly rub shoulders with their fellow top execs in Corporate America. What’s rubbed off on them in the process: a taste for excessive compensation. Top...
Warren Buffett: No to Higher Wages
The Oracle of Omaha may not be all that incredibly wise after all, just incredibly rich and sheltered from the real world of work.