Blogging Our Great Divide

Before he died, Martin Luther King, Jr. joined a campaign to unify working people of all races. Today, nothing could be more powerful.

Abigail Disney testified in support of a California state senate bill to tax large CEO-worker pay gaps before the committee voted to advance the proposal.

CEOs of major military contractors enjoyed a big jump in the value of their personal stock holdings after the U.S. airstrike that killed an Iranian military leader.

At the International Monetary Fund, rich people-friendly realpolitik trumps research

As long as the top executives of our privatized war economy can reap unlimited rewards, the profit motive for war in Iran — or anywhere — will persist.

Those credit cards in our wallets are reinforcing — with every purchase — a rich people-friendly America.

“When we see multi-million dollar transactions happen every day, while people cannot afford their rent every day, we have to do more.”

The Hollywood actor spoke at an Evanston townhall in support of a new policy to use revenue from marijuana legalization to narrow racial economic gaps.

The prime minister resigned over the nationwide protests, catapulting a 34-year-old woman into Finland’s top job.

New stats from economist Gabriel Zucman dramatize how spectacularly lucrative the last half-century has been for America’s wealthiest.