Spotted: A Piketty Reference on Hulu
The French economist's groundbreaking book on inequality is found on the bookshelf of a character from "The Handmaid's Tale."
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Milwaukee’s novel approach to combating racial inequity should inspire other cities.
How Wealthy Have Our Super Wealthy Become?
We now have some new clues, thanks to the tax-evasion records whistleblowers have been so generously sharing.
Business School Graduates — Don’t Work for Billionaires
Bring your passion, education and social networks to the fight for an economy that works for everyone.
In an Unequal America, Empathy, Not Just Housing, Has Become Too Pricey
What else can we expect when only the rich get to feel secure?
Baseball Players Are Getting Stiffed by Billionaire Owners
If corporations treat millionaire assets this way, imagine how they’ll treat you.
Undocumented Immigrants Fight for the Right to Drive
The Pioneer Valley Workers’ Center is organizing with immigrants across Massachusetts to allow undocumented people to apply for a driver’s license.
Postmodern Art in a Post-Equality World
With art an ever more important ‘asset class’ for our ever richer super rich, top-name artists are caring more about inventory than posterity.
Debunking Myths About Wealth and Race
It’s not individual behavior that drives the racial wealth divide — it’s a system that many folks pretend doesn’t exist.
Help Today’s College Students as We Did for Previous Generations
Can you imagine being 22 and having $150,000 in debt? This is generational abuse.