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Inequality
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Robert Reich: US Leads the Developed Nations and Many Third World Nations in Income Inequality
“Inequality for All” explains how the United States came to be a nation that is distinguished by its concentration of wealth in the top 10%, with much of our …
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Inequality Remains a Critical Issue in the US
Paul Krugman: The reasons to focus on inequality are overwhelmingly convincing, even if you are skeptical about particular arguments.
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Jobs or Inequality? That’s No Choice at All
An increasing number of people have suggested that inequality of wealth and opportunity is the defining issue of our time.
NAFTA at 20: Lori Wallach on US Job Losses, Record Income Inequality, Mass Displacement in Mexico
Democracy Now! speaks to Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch and author of the new report, “NAFTA at 20.”
Could 2014 Be Year One of the Pay Ratio Era?
In the year ahead, nurses and college students just might jump-start the struggle against America's chronic - and growing - income inequality.
India Is a Dystopia of Extremes, but Resistance Is Stirring
In the face of these dangers, the great popular resistance that gave India its independence is stirring.
Newly Elected Mayor Bill de Blasio: NYC Cannot Become the “Exclusive Domain of the 1%”
Bill de Blasio began his term as New York City mayor on Wednesday with a bold pledge to tackle income inequality in the nation's largest city.
Populism Rising?
If the populist movement spreads, it wonu2019t be a Beltway phenomenon. As Occupy demonstrated, it will disrupt business as usual.
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Holiday Greeting: No Peace Without Justice
There can be no peace without justice. At least five areas of blatant injustice warrant the urgent attention of people of good will: poverty wages, immigrant detention, harsh sentencing, …
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The Day Santa Really Went Black
Images are powerful, and that's why it was such an issue at our house on Land Park Drive when Santa Went Black, recalls Dr. Wilmer Leon III.