Living in Inequality, Dying in Despair
Americans are living a little longer. But we still lag well behind the developed world’s life expectancy norm. As the world’s most unequal developed nation, we shouldn’t be surprised.
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
In Blow to Privatizers, House Passes Postal Financial Relief
The bipartisan bill would ease the financial challenges that critics have used to justify calls for postal worker wage cuts and selling lucrative parts of the service to for-profit corporations.
Progressive Experts Rebut Trump’s False Claims About Shared Prosperity
In his State of the Union address, the president made a poor attempt to conceal the continued rise in economic inequality under his administration.
From the UN, New Ammo for Egalitarians
The United Nations may be fading, but this just-released report deserves a bright spotlight.
NFL Owners Want Politics out of Their Sport — Unless It Comes from Them
The NFL strives to keep politics out of football ahead of the Super Bowl, except for when it comes from billionaire owners.
Iowa’s ‘First in the Nation’ Presidential Candidate Contest is Also One of the Most Inequitable
As the big caucus night approaches, activists are working to help low-income residents overcome multiple barriers to participation
Luanda Leaks and the Global Wealth Defense Industry
We should focus on the enablers exposed in the Angola scandal: Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey, and PwC.
Dear Billionaires: Pitchforks or a Fair Tax System?
Taxes are the best and only appropriate way to ensure adequate investment in the things our societies need.
The Evolution of ‘Davos Man’ into . . . Trump Fan!
With everything from tax cuts to deregulation, the president has made himself indispensable to the world’s mega rich.
Braggadocio in the White House, Carcinogens in Our Neighborhoods
In Trump America, science no match for ‘free market’ fundamentalists and CEOs chasing windfalls