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Inequality
Republicans Aren’t Done Threatening the Hungry With Planned Cuts to Food Aid
The GOP’s latest effort to slash food aid for millions was blocked by Congress’s recent deal, but the battle isn’t over.
16 Million Americans Have Lost Health Care Coverage Since March 2023
We’re only halfway through the largest ever Medicaid purge, and medical debt is now the biggest source of bankruptcy.
What Haiti Needs Is Human Rights Support — Not More Military Interventions
Armed interventions don’t change the reality that many people in Haiti need to join gangs to meet their basic needs.
Biden Peddles the Myth That Spending More on Weapons Is Good for the Economy
The Pentagon’s annual budget is more than 20 times what the US now invests per year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
New Survey of Early Childhood Educators Finds a Sector in Crisis
Child care bill languishing in Congress would cost a fraction of the $150 billion a year the US loses from tax dodgers.
To Democratize Finance, We Must Take the Banks Away From the Bankers
Progressive economist Gerald Epstein explains how we can build a banking system that puts people over profit.
A Growing Number of Economists Are Joining the Fight to Rein In the Big Banks
Big banks have captured the financial regulatory system and are driving inequality. We need to bust their club.
2024 Will See Wave of Minimum Wage Hikes — But the Impacts Won’t Be Felt Evenly
Ten million US workers will see wage increases this year, but inflation has eroded our tools for reducing inequality.
Study: Half of Renters Paid Unaffordable Rates in 2022, a Record High
Since 2001, median rents have risen by 21 percent — while renters’ incomes have only increased by 2 percent.
More Than Half of Americans Don’t Have Enough Savings to Cover $1,000 Expense
More than one in five Americans have no emergency savings fund set up at all.