The Activists Behind the Stunning Election Gains for the British Labour Party
The leaders of Momentum, the grassroots force that drove Jeremy Corbyn’s unexpectedly strong showing, have plenty of lessons to share with egalitarians worldwide.
International
Fighting Inequality: Which Nations Do More than Pay Lip Service?
Two global groups have joined to create a first-ever yardstick for holding our world’s top politicos accountable, nation by nation, for narrowing our grand divides.
On Health Care and So Much More, the Nordics Show that Equality Works
But greater equality, the Scandinavian story helps us understand, doesn’t just suddenly appear.
Corporate Agricultural Dumping: Growing the Wealth Gap
When agribusiness corporations export food at artificially low prices, they widen the economic divide between the global North and South — and within rural America.
How Can We Rouse the Public Against an Abstract Noun?
Tips for fighting inequality from a top Oxfam campaigner.
The Sad Slide of a Once Equal Nation
New Zealand, by most yardsticks, used to rival equal nations like Denmark. But New Zealand’s incomes have become much more unequal — and its problems much more pressing. Steeply progressive taxes could reverse that dynamic.
The Scandal of the Super Rich
In the June UK elections, all the major parties pledged themselves to stand up for ‘ordinary people.’ Will they all now confront extraordinary wealth?
In France, Echoes of a Daring FDR
With a call for an income cap on society’s richest, a longshot presidential campaign has thrown a giant scare into the French political elite.
Workers’ Shrinking Piece of Global Pie
New research points to globalization as a key driver of labor's declining share of national income, particularly in developing countries.