Blogging Our Great Divide

Check back for our regular updates on U.S. unemployment and billionaire wealth during the pandemic emergency.

The next few months will be crucial to securing the big, bold policy wins needed to build a more equitable, sustainable country for all.

More Afghan-like tragedies will be inevitable until we squeeze the personal profit out of prepping for war.

New analysis finds more than one billion dollars in Donor-Advised Funds (DAF) Grants went to other commercial DAFs in 2019.

Democrats just passed a budget framework that could make millions of immigrant workers less vulnerable to exploitation.

If top U.S. corporate execs are still pocketing jackpots a decade from now, our environment has no shot.

As the wealth divide grows deeper, global advocates call for one-time 99 percent emergency tax on billionaires’ pandemic windfalls to fund Covid-19 vaccines for entire world.

Rep. Cori Bush delivered a big win for millions of renters during a pandemic. But inequalities that make Black women particularly vulnerable to evictions will continue until they are paid their fair share.

Instead of itching for a new Cold War, our superpowers ought to be itching for greater equality — on both sides of the Pacific.

The climate jobs program in the budget reconciliation deal should build on FDR’s initiative in ways that advance equity for all.