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Inequality
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Tipping the Scales of Inequality
Stagnating wages for tipped workers is part of a bigger story of rising inequality in America.
Missing the Marx: On Intellectual Failure and Environmental Catastrophe
Getting radical anti-capitalist ideas wrong and ignoring those ideas completely are timeworn traditions for US intellectuals.
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A Renewed Discourse on Inequality
Corporate personhood and the civil and criminal protections it affords exacerbate inequality and destroy principles.
Obama Out-Orwelled Orwell
Barack Obama may as well have delivered his 5th State of the Union address to and for the Superstate Oceania, the fictional empire mired in perpetual war from George …
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Elizabeth Warren: “It Hurts… It Just Makes Me Madder Than Hell“
"Sen. Warren gave an incredibly powerful and passionate speech, focused on the progressive movement and helping middle and low income Americans who are getting squeezed economically by the powers …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The NSA Is Spying on Angry Birds, and More
According to dozens of previously undisclosed British intelligence documents, government spies may be exploiting popular apps to get their hands on our personal data, and more.
Open Letter to the 85 Richest People on the Planet (cc: Kevin O’Leary)
Kevin O'Leary's recent remarks inspire this open letter to the 85 richest people in the world.
Gar Alperovitz: Capitalism in Long Term Stagnation and Decay
Gar Alperovitz tells Paul Jay that if you concentrate wealth at the top, there's not enough purchasing power to make the rest of the system work.
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President Obama’s Inequality Story
Dean Baker: An increase in the minimum wage is an important goal with substantial benefits but it should not be confused with an inequality agenda.
Michael Pollan on the Food Movement’s Next Goal of Justice for Food Workers
Paying fast food workers a living wage would reflect the true cost of our food.