CEO-worker pay gaps are the clearest proof that corporations like Mattel and many others don’t respect their employees.
The Racial Wealth Divide Hurts The Entire Middle Class
By bridging the racial wealth divide, we can reduce the economic inequality that’s holding down our entire country.
By bridging the racial wealth divide, we can reduce the economic inequality that’s holding down our entire country.
How Much in ‘Inequality Tax’ Are You Paying?
Hidden Burden America’s Top-Heavy Distribution of Income and Wealth Places on People of Modest Means
Hidden Burden America’s Top-Heavy Distribution of Income and Wealth Places on People of Modest Means
Celebrating Environmental Defenders at the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards
The urgency of our climate crisis, and its web of impacts, was one of the themes at the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards, an annual event hosted by the Institute for Policy Studies.
The urgency of our climate crisis, and its web of impacts, was one of the themes at the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards, an annual event hosted by the Institute for Policy Studies.
Don’t Leave Equality to the Supreme Court
In 29 states, trans people can legally be denied jobs and housing because of who we are. Congress should act.
In 29 states, trans people can legally be denied jobs and housing because of who we are. Congress should act.
We’ve Waited Too Long for Corporations to Fix the CEO Pay Problem on Their Own
A decade after bonus-chasing executives like Angelo Mozilo crashed the economy, we need tax incentives to push companies to narrow the gaps between CEO and worker pay.
A decade after bonus-chasing executives like Angelo Mozilo crashed the economy, we need tax incentives to push companies to narrow the gaps between CEO and worker pay.
People and Planet Over Profit at the Youth Climate Strikes
Millions of young people around the world join global strike to demand climate action ahead of UN Climate Summit.
Millions of young people around the world join global strike to demand climate action ahead of UN Climate Summit.
The Case for Impeachment Goes Way Beyond Ukraine
Democrats need to take Trump’s crimes against people and the planet as seriously as those against Joe Biden.
Democrats need to take Trump’s crimes against people and the planet as seriously as those against Joe Biden.
Victory for California’s Gig Workers
An important new bill could upend the predatory business practices of an entire industry.
An important new bill could upend the predatory business practices of an entire industry.
What The Felicity Huffman Scandal Says About America
Low-income parents risk jail for putting their kids in better public schools, while the rich bribe colleges to shut the poor out.
Low-income parents risk jail for putting their kids in better public schools, while the rich bribe colleges to shut the poor out.
The GM Strike: A Century of Context
In deeply unequal societies, real gains for working people never come easy.
In deeply unequal societies, real gains for working people never come easy.
Mining Financiers Bribed Their Way to Riches. Now Their Jilted Workers Have a Chance at Compensation.
New UK policies allow overseas victims to be included in anti-corruption cases, with a view to compensating them. This could be good news for mine workers who lost their jobs in a DR Congo bribery scandal a decade ago.
New UK policies allow overseas victims to be included in anti-corruption cases, with a view to compensating them. This could be good news for mine workers who lost their jobs in a DR Congo bribery scandal a decade ago.
Scientists Shouldn’t Listen to the Fossil Fuel Industry. Geoengineering is a Scam.
Oil and gas companies aren’t only polluting our air, water, and soil. They’ve injected themselves into our education system as well.
Oil and gas companies aren’t only polluting our air, water, and soil. They’ve injected themselves into our education system as well.
Behold the 21st-Century Penthouse: Peak Decadence?
From the summit of our new 'needle towers' the ultra rich can look but never really see.
From the summit of our new ‘needle towers’ the ultra rich can look but never really see.
A Lesson from West Africa, a Global Inequality Ground Zero
To end poverty at the bottom of our economic orders, we need to stop wealth from concentrating at the top.
To end poverty at the bottom of our economic orders, we need to stop wealth from concentrating at the top.
400 Years After Slavery’s Start: No More Band-Aids
Enslaved labor created the backbone for America’s capitalistic economy, allowing it to grow into — and remain — the world’s leading economy today.
Enslaved labor created the backbone for America’s capitalistic economy, allowing it to grow into — and remain — the world’s leading economy today.