Making Sense of the Latest IRS Income Stats
To understand how wide our economic divide has become, a little imagination can help.
Wealth Concentration
We Asked the 2020 Contenders How They Plan to Tackle Inequality
A surging egalitarian current is shifting the Democratic Party’s policy mainstream—so we asked the presidential candidates about it.
Time for a Billionaire Ban
The wealthiest Americans dominate our airwaves. Let’s hear from someone else for a change.
Latin American Protesters Are Demanding New Economic Models
In Chile, Haiti, and Ecuador, demonstrators want more than narrow policy changes. They want to transform the economic systems that have increased inequality for decades.
Michael Bloomberg Bought Gracie Mansion. Could He Buy the White House?
With personal fortunes worth dozens of billions, modern American deep pockets can afford one of just about everything.
We Need Publicly Owned Utilities
California’s wildfires and blackouts show the dangers of entrusting our power to for-profit corporations.
The Racial Wealth Divide Hurts The Entire Middle Class
By bridging the racial wealth divide, we can reduce the economic inequality that’s holding down our entire country.
How Much in ‘Inequality Tax’ Are You Paying?
The hidden burden America’s top-heavy distribution of income and wealth places on people of modest means
The Democrats’ Medicare Debate Overlooks the Elder Care Crisis
Public options and tax credits won't solve the problem of skyrocketing long-term care costs. Only a robust Medicare for All plan will do the job.