Inequality

Scarcity is a political invention used to cover up vast reserves of capital that could be used to meet everyone’s needs.

It’s no accident that inequalities have widened under entrenched corporate power, says sociologist Heather Gautney.

Federal funding lapsed in June 2022, forcing most public schools to charge all but the poorest students for food.

Several dozen hard-right lawmakers want to replace the country’s progressive tax code with a sales tax of 30 percent.

Bitcoin Depot has admitted to its investors that it relies on demographic data to strategically place its machines.

Nancy Davis, a survivor of Louisiana’s abortion ban, will be leading the march in Baton Rouge.

A report finds the top 1 percent seized twice the new wealth as the rest of the world in the past two years.

A feminist political economy addresses gender inequalities, but also seeks to rectify inequalities in labor division.

Here is a look at some of the ways climate change came back to bite us at the cash register in 2022.

State and local governments often tax economic activity on tribal land, reducing what tribes can collect for themselves.