Reader’s correspondence: Reply to Libretti on inequality
Even under socialism, doctors and lawyers will receive higher salaries than custodians, postal workers, cashiers, and fast food workers.
Widening wealth gap exposes America’s cultural commitment to inequality
"I believe these truths to be self-evident: America is committed to inequality."
The "skills gap" myth: What's really driving down wages?
There is an illusion that American workers' economic woes are attributable to their own lack of appropriate skills rather than to concerted efforts on the part of capital to disempower workers.
How “zero tolerance” tolerates inequality
Despite zero evidence that zero tolerance policies improve school safety and discipline, they remain firmly in place today.
What kind of "healthy" economy is healthy for working people?
Many proposals to prop up or restore the health of our current economic system are at odds with improving the standard of living for workers in the U.S.
State of Silicon Valley 2015: A tale of two Americas
"If Silicon Valley were a country, it'd be sixth in the world in GDP per capita."
Wealth concentration report blasts hole in right-wing policies
We are headed to a world where just one percent of the population own and control more than all the rest of us combined.
Taking on inequality
Finally, most people outside the one percent at the top are realizing that the vast gulf of inequality is very dangerous for our country and the world.
What is "inclusive prosperity?"
President's Obama's State of the Union address included a welcome centerpiece proposal taxing finance capital and the rich, and giving it to the middle class and poor.
"The Country of the (Growing) Blind"
Today, all of us can be ordinary citizens, using the singular eye of smartphones, blogs, and shares, to expand everyone's vision.
