The Dizzying Racial Wealth Divide The billionaires that make up the “Forbes 400” list have as much wealth as the entire African-American population of the U.S., over 41 million people,...
The wealth possessed by America's 400 richest billionaires now equals the collective net worth of all the nation's African-American households. By Bob Lord [caption id="attachment_6053" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Martin Luther...
Those Americans struggling against poverty in the 1960s had plenty of obstacles in their way. We have more. They operated in a functioning democracy. We live, by contrast, in deeply...
In the year ahead, nurses and college students just might jump-start the struggle against America's chronic — and growing — income inequality. By Sam Pizzigati [caption id="attachment_5983" align="alignright" width="300"] Students...
Nurses, philosophers, and trade unions have over the past 12 months all shared some fascinating ideas on how we can make our societies more equal — and much better —...
Butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers. You won't find any of them in this latest annual list of America's most avaricious. You will find wheelers and dealers and a candy store...
What makes a society a fun place to be? Nice weather and exciting nightlife options certainly help. So does avoiding a starkly skewed distribution of income and wealth. [caption id="attachment_5912"...
In plain yet powerful language, Pope Francis is challenging the givens of our deeply unequal world — and helping inspire resistance to it.
The Third Plenary Meeting of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (the ‘Third Plenum’) took place November 9-13 in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing....
The view from Australia is unusually grim. A new kind of social disease has spread from recession in the United States to austerity in Europe to manufactured crisis in Australia....
In America today, thanks to glaring loopholes in the tax code, even modestly competent tax attorneys can help their wealthy clients sidestep the federal estate tax almost entirely. By Bob...
America's corporate CEOs feel entitled to pensions that pay out $86,000 monthly. To protect their entitlement, they're attacking ours: Social Security. By Sam Pizzigati [caption id="attachment_5866" align="alignright" width="238"] A new...
