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Inequality
Economic Elites Will Only Give Up Power and Wealth When Forced to Do So
It's time to face up to runaway economic inequality - what causes it, what it's doing to us and what we can do about it.
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Sipping Champagne on the Titanic: Twenty Billionaires Own More Than the Bottom Half of Americans
How can there be so many billionaires so self-absorbed in their greed that they cannot see the suffering that surrounds them?
How Climate Inequality Hurts the Most Vulnerable and Least Responsible
The richest 10 percent of the world's population produce half of the Earth's emissions.
Campus Protests Are the Result of Generations of Racist Exclusion
Campus movements across the nation must be seen in the context of generations of exclusion, inequality and resistance.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Institutional Racism Is Still a Problem in the US, and More
The racial makeup of neighborhoods in Baltimore is “the most significant predictor of whether a [mortgage] loan gets made.”
Economic Update: Big vs. Small Business
This episode provides updates on Japan's Recession, and more.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Climate Change Could Push Millions More Into Extreme Poverty, and More
If we don't strengthen our fight against climate change, 100 million more people may be pushed into extreme poverty within the next 15 years.
Joseph Stiglitz on Widening Income Inequality and the Fight for $15
The fight over income inequality gained national attention when fast-food workers walked off the job Tuesday.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Corporations Jack Up Prices to Funnel Our Money to the Elite, and More
All over the country, massive corporations buy up or buy off their competition.
When the Rich Took Over Our Neighborhood
Inequality in housing has reached Dickensian dimensions. The middle class is being squeezed to the edge as the rich drive up real estate values.