Lessons From One Unequal Society to Another
In the 2000s and 2010s Chileans began resolving the Crisis of Representation through protest, song, and dance. Recent political setbacks do not detract from this.
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
In Our Deeply Unequal World, the Garbage Rises Ever Higher
The rich aren’t creating jobs. On Everest and elsewhere, they’re creating waste.
Say Hello to The Charity Reformer
The first edition of a new Inequality.org newsletter focused on transforming philanthropy for our common good.
Another Hardwood Shakedown: Your Money or Your Team!
The sports we love continue to make gaudy fortunes for the deep-pockets we don’t.
Scraping Away the Anti-Worker, Anti-Racial Equity Vestiges of the Reagan Era
The Biden administration aims to undo contracting policy holdovers from the 1980s to boost public investment benefits for workers and their communities.
The Transit Equity Movement Wins Their Biggest Zero Fare Victory Yet
A racial justice-focused community organizing group led the charge for Albuquerque’s free bus fare policy.
Red Cup Rebellion Redux: A Q&A with Starbucks Workers United
"You are making $15 an hour when your boss is making that in a breath.”
Our Rich: Fooling Themselves and Fouling Our Planet
Electric air taxis aren’t going to save the world. Really taxing the rich, on the other hand, could.
Revealing the True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy
How the ultra-wealthy use charitable giving to avoid taxes and exert influence — while ordinary taxpayers foot the bill.