Inequality

Can New York City’s Welfare System Be Saved?

Can New York City’s Welfare System Be Saved? Can New York City’s Welfare System Be Saved?

By forcing people on welfare to trade personal dignity for social entitlements, the system seeks to shrink public spending at an unconscionable moral cost.

May 29, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Let’s Stop Subsidizing Economic Inequality

Let’s Stop Subsidizing Economic Inequality Let’s Stop Subsidizing Economic Inequality

Why must you and I foot the bill, via our taxes, for the callousness of Wal-Mart or Domino's?

May 28, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Piketty in Elysium

Piketty in Elysium Piketty in Elysium

If inequality sells in bookstores and box offices, it will sell at the polls as well.

May 23, 2014 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus

What Makes Ohio State the Most Unequal Public University in America?

What Makes Ohio State the Most Unequal Public University in America? What Makes Ohio State the Most Unequal Public University in America?

Across the US, student debt is worst at schools with the highest-paid presidents.

May 19, 2014 / Jon Wiener

We’re Going to Be Talking About Reparations This Year

We’re Going to Be Talking About Reparations This Year We’re Going to Be Talking About Reparations This Year

The labor of generations of black bodies has created massive amounts of wealth for everyone but the people whose work was exploited. And we’ve continued to suffer the consequ...

May 16, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal

No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal

Could we finally be leaving Mayor Bloomberg’s Gilded City behind? 

May 12, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly

The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly

The Nation editor and MSNBC host says we have the facts to show that expanding Obamacare will save lives. Not doing so will cost them.

May 7, 2014 / Chris Hayes

Bernie Sanders Asks Fed Chair Whether the US Is an Oligarchy

Bernie Sanders Asks Fed Chair Whether the US Is an Oligarchy Bernie Sanders Asks Fed Chair Whether the US Is an Oligarchy

Janet Yellen admits evidence of how inequality is “very worrisome.”

May 7, 2014 / John Nichols

How to Shrink Inequality

How to Shrink Inequality How to Shrink Inequality

It’s not inevitable. Here are ten practical steps to reverse the growing trend.

May 6, 2014 / Feature / Robert B. Reich

Republicans Block Hearing on Long-Term Jobless Benefits

Republicans Block Hearing on Long-Term Jobless Benefits Republicans Block Hearing on Long-Term Jobless Benefits

Forget holding a vote: GOP leadership won’t even allow a hearing on long-term jobless benefits inside the Capitol. 

May 6, 2014 / George Zornick

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