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Inequality
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The US Is Number One in Violence, and More
In today's On the News segment: Violence is one of the only reasons the US finds itself at the top of any charts, and more.
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Pollution Inequality and Income Inequality
Low-income communities and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by pollution across the United States, according to a new study by economist James K. Boyce.
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Olive Garden Executives Parachute Away
The nation's largest full-service restaurant chain is sending three top executives off with $68 million while paying workers $2.13 per hour.
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The Despotic Chimpanzee and the Ultra-Rich
Only a new form of reverse dominance can free us from oligarchic domination, and make us genuinely free.
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New Research Shows Pollution Inequality in the United States Even Worse Than Income Inequality
If you are poor or non-white, inequality is in the air you breathe.
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Top 400 US Billionaires’ Wealth Equals Brazil’s GDP
Inequality in the US has reached outlandish proportions.
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Developers Aren’t Going to Solve the Housing Crisis in San Francisco
The authors deconstruct and refute supply-side myths about how to create affordable housing in San Francisco - or any city - and propose some new approaches to affordable housing.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Global Inequality Keeps Getting Worse, and More
In today's On the News segment: Global inequality just keeps getting worse, and more.
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The Undocumented Dream
When I was younger I didn't think that being undocumented could affect me later on in life.
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The American Dream
When people have no money they are likely forced into commiting more crimes than those who are more fortunate, just to survive.