The Pols — and Philosophers — Exploring Limits on Wealth
Egalitarians worldwide are advancing the ‘most blasphemous idea’ in our contemporary political discourse
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
People and Planet Over Profit at the Youth Climate Strikes
Millions of young people around the world join global strike to demand climate action ahead of UN Climate Summit.
The GM Strike: A Century of Context
In deeply unequal societies, real gains for working people never come easy.
What The Felicity Huffman Scandal Says About America
Low-income parents risk jail for putting their kids in better public schools, while the rich bribe colleges to shut the poor out.
Wealth that Concentrates Kills
Two new official reports out of Washington trace our growing economic divide and the high price we pay, in dollars and lives, for letting that divide fester.
Chuck Collins in The Nation: The Perils of Billionaire Philanthropy
The ultra-rich are using philanthropic vehicles to shield their wealth—it’s time Congress acted, Chuck Collins writes in The Nation.
Born on Third Base: Chuck Collins Interview with The Question Lane Podcast
Longtime inequality expert and activist Chuck Collins gave away his inheritance at 26, spending the next three decades mobilizing against inequality. He uses his perspective from both sides of the divide to deliver a new narrative.
Activists Follow the Money Fueling Amazon Fires
Protesters around the world are singling out the bad actors profiting off deforestation.
Tax the Rich Before the Rest
Candidates should pledge that the middle class won't pay $1 more in new taxes until billionaires put up at least $1 trillion.
Reflections on the Opioid Epidemic
What can we do to stop America's next horrific eruption of corporate greed?