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Facebook and Tahrir Square, Revisited

May 20, 2012 /

by Sam Pizzigati


Facebook's initial public offering last week 'offered' the world another double dose of windfalls and greed. But Egypt's elections this week may bring an IPO of a different sort, the...

The 99 Percent Spring

April 3, 2012 /

by Chuck Collins


The people aren't powerless in the face of extreme inequality. In the coming weeks, millions of Americans will take to the streets as part of the "99 percent spring," echoing...

A New Inequality Emphasis from the UN

December 6, 2010 /

by Inequality.org


Over the past 20 years, the UN Human Development Report — an effort to compare the world's nations not just on economic growth, but health and education as well —...

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