Blogging Our Great Divide

With a call for an income cap on society’s richest, a longshot presidential campaign has thrown a giant scare into the French political elite.

A former labor leader is urging unconventional political alliances in support of public policy to buffer workers from the coming automation age.

Exploding student debt is a drain on our nation's young people and on the economy. An alternative system is possible if debtors come together to demand change.

An in-depth look at what happens when cities become unaffordable opens reader eyes to a growing crisis and wins the Pulitzer Prize.

A Wall Street reform organizer is encouraged by a surge of activism to protect consumers, including low-income families, students, and African-Americans who are major users of unregulated prepaid debit cards.

America’s top airline execs have every incentive to treat average passengers as cattle and chattel. Could United's now infamous aisle drag upset their gravy train?

While you and I file our taxes, Republicans want to make it even easier for big banks to dodge them. Did you pay all of your taxes this April? Wall...

Activists have organized Tax Day marches across the country to demand the release of Trump's tax returns -- and send a message about a tax system that enriches the wealthy....

The deepest of our deep pockets are now pumping millions into immortality research. Should we be amused — or alarmed?

It takes serious mental gymnastics to argue that Trump's tax agenda would benefit the average working Joe or Jane. After the failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (aka...