In One Maine City, Solutions to the Affordability Crisis Are on the Ballot
If the Livable Portland campaign proves successful in November, it will demonstrate the power of local organizing when the federal government is gridlocked.
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
The Fight Against Inflation Doesn’t Have To be Rich-People Friendly
Instead of hiking interest rates, we could be hiking tax rates on excess profits and wealth.
What Threatens Florida More, Hurricanes or the Rich?
Pols in the Sunshine State would rather keep taxes on the wealthy low than average families safe.
America’s Rich Dominate the Ranks of Our World’s Wealthiest. Why?
The answer starts in America’s corporate executive suites.
In Italy, a Setback for a More Equal Future
A let-the-rich-be government has opened the doors to the smiling heirs of Italy’s neofascist factions.
It’s Time to Do Away With Dark Money
While federal lawmakers fail to pass dark money donor disclosure, voters in Arizona have an opportunity to reveal who’s exerting outsize influence in their elections.
A Voice at the United Nations the World Needs to Hear
The UN’s secretary-general is speaking truth – about inequality — to our world’s leaders.
The First Billionaire To Become UK’s King
We expected Charles to get the crown. We didn’t expect him to make a billion-dollar fortune first.
Making Earth the Shareholder
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, a reluctant billionaire, puts company in trust devoted to address ecological crisis.
What’s Hiking the Heat Up So High This Summer?
The maldistribution of American income and wealth is playing a seldomly recognized rising-temperature role.