The Frontlines of the Health Care Fight in Western Pennsylvania
Motivated by her friends' and family members' suffering, a young woman in a depressed steel town joins the movement for universal health care.
Research & Commentary
From academics to activists, thoughtful people worldwide are focusing their attention on economic inequality as never before.
The Time Has Come for a Global Minimum Wage
As the International Labour Organization celebrates its 100th anniversary, it should embrace the chance to stop the global race to the bottom.
Global Inequality in a Time of Climate Emergency
Our world’s richest have a great deal of money. They also have the power to decide whether our civilization sinks or swims. So what can we do?
Retail Workers Nationwide Are United for Respect
Workers around the country are fighting back, taking creative actions and pushing legislators and pension funds to act.
A Foul Smell in Eight Mile, Alabama
How fair housing laws can advance environmental justice and racial equity.
Challenging Corporate Investment in Anti-Abortion States
Some Hollywood studios are threatening to boycott, but many large corporations are still doing business, often with massive subsidies, in these states.
U.S. Workers Are Standing Up for Their Rights. A New Law Would Back Them Up.
The PRO Act would make it easier to form unions and force employers to pay a price for violating worker rights.
Battling Stereotypes Against Older People
There's no fight as committed as the one being waged by older people in Spain to demand fully-funded state pensions.
Information Abounds on Inequality. Now We Need Understanding.
An eminent Australian political economist reflects on the challenge of synthesizing — for a broad array of readers — what we know about the gaps that divide us.
Mining Companies Use Excessive Legal Powers to Gamble with Latin American Lives
In more than two-thirds of the mining-related lawsuits against governments in the region, communities have been actively organizing against the mining activities.