Wealth Concentration

The White House budget plan would pay for tax cuts for the rich and military expansion by slashing programs for the poor and disabled. We knew some of what to...

Alperovitz challenges us to think past today’s daily scandals to consider exactly what kind of society we want to live in.

A beneficiary of family wealth speaks out against a D.C. City Council proposal to pay for estate tax cuts by shortchanging public services.

In Spain, the UK, and elsewhere, residents are working together to improve their neighborhoods while preventing the gentrification that widens economic divides. A four-lane highway separates the Madrid districts of...

The Great Recession, a new study shows, has driven the sharpest decline in reported happiness since researchers started collecting consistent data.

In Washington, Congress is considering deep health care cuts to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy. In Hawai'i, lawmakers have approved landmark new financial support for family caregivers.

Former Washington insiders love to lament the fading of the bipartisan spirit. They ought to be lamenting the fading of the equality they so lamely defended.

The president's budget proposal shows his priorities lie in shielding the wealthy and maintaining America’s over-sized military.

A Chicago-based activist who has overcome mental health challenges is helping to lead a battle for moral tax and spending policies at the state and federal levels.