Stop Warehousing Wealth in Charity Funds
Billions are being warehoused in donor-advised funds in the face of urgent social needs.
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
Collective Action Is Key to Keeping Labor Strong
As long as workers band together, they can make concrete improvements in their working conditions.
Our Missing $10 Trillion
Tax cuts from the Bush, Obama, and Trump years have left a massive gap in the public coffers. This hurts everyone.
A Stunning Glance at the Geography of U.S. Income Inequality
New Economic Policy Institute research exposes just how top-heavy many of the places Americans call home have become.
D.C. Labor Battle Turns Into a Civil Rights Fight
As city council attempts to overturn a minimum wage initiative, district residents demand elected officials respect their vote.
How to Level the Playing Field for Workers — Even With Unions Hurting
A federal jobs and income guarantee could protect workers the way unions once did.
A Sweet New Century for America’s Most Privileged
America’s elected leaders haven’t ignored inequality since 2000. They’ve made it spectacularly worse.
Five Powerful Families
We’ve reached the point where a handful of extraordinarily wealthy clans essentially have the power to suffocate our democracy.
Still Another Reason to Cheer LeBron James
An iconic basketball superstar reminds us that raising taxes on the rich will not end civilization as we know it.
How to Restore Taxes on Inheritances
With the estate tax further weakened, is it time to pivot to an inheritance tax?