New Independent Contractor Rule Can ‘Help Protect Workers’
Bosses who misclassify workers as independent contractors can deny them fair pay and rights. A new Department of Labor rule seeks to end that practice.
Wealth Concentration
The Richest 1 Percent Own a Greater Share of the Stock Market Than Ever Before
Baby bonds are one effective strategy for addressing the fact that only 1 percent of stock market wealth is owned by the bottom half of households.
How Redlining’s Legacies Demand New Policy Action
Redlining has inscribed unjust boundaries in our cities and worsened inequality. It's time for bold policy solutions.
A Working Class Victory on Colombia’s Horizon
An advancing labor reform bill could increase overtime pay, expand social security for delivery workers, and strengthen workplace rights.
Donor-Advised Funds Now Consume a Quarter of Individual Charitable Giving
The National Philanthropic Trust’s latest report on DAFs reveals just how rapidly they’re growing.
What If Santa — Like the Uber-Rich in Their Private Planes — Opted to Block Tracking of His Sleigh?
The private jet lobby doesn’t want you to know where they are going.
Lessons From One Unequal Society to Another
In the 2000s and 2010s Chileans began resolving the Crisis of Representation through protest, song, and dance. Recent political setbacks do not detract from this.
In the World’s Wealthiest Country, Housing Should Be a Human Right and a Community Builder
The focus on zoning, commerce, and profit-maximization does a disservice to the rich sense of community affordable housing can create.
Say Hello to The Charity Reformer
The first edition of a new Inequality.org newsletter focused on transforming philanthropy for our common good.