Inequality

A man ekes out a living scavenging on a garbage dump in the Philippines.

A New Geological Era for Earth A New Geological Era for Earth

As human actions change the planet in irreversable ways, will human bonds suffer irreversable damage, too?

Jun 27, 2008 / Feature / Mike Davis

Extreme Inequality Extreme Inequality

A look at the gap between rich and poor via two books: David Cay Johnson's Free Lunch and Michael J. Thompson's The Politics of Inequality.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook

Homeless in New Orleans Homeless in New Orleans

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has turned New Orleans into a tragic Tale of Two Cities.

Feb 7, 2008 / Feature / Lizzy Ratner

Global Warming: The Rich Opt Out Global Warming: The Rich Opt Out

Conservation, like taxes, is for little people. When you're rich you can waste all the water you want.

Nov 28, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Deal Breakers Deal Breakers

Two new books seek to galvanize progressives at a key political moment: Paul Krugman's The Conscience of a Liberal and Jonathan Chait's The Big Con.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

Luxury Grub Luxury Grub

What's so great about designer chocolate if it's infested with cockroach droppings? As the economic widens, rich and poor still occupy the same food chain.

Nov 19, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich

A mobile home park in ruins after the 2007 Harris Fire in California.

People Burn Here People Burn Here

Immigrants are the invisible victims of the California wildfires.

Nov 1, 2007 / Mike Davis

Give Us This Day Our Daily Debt Give Us This Day Our Daily Debt

As the superrich get richer, the rest of us sink deeper into debt. But when American consumers can no longer consume, our whole system falls apart.

Oct 30, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

The Reality of Poverty The Reality of Poverty

Poverty in America is a moral issue.

Oct 8, 2007 / Feature / Alyssa Katharine Ritz Battistoni

Travails of the Super-Rich Travails of the Super-Rich

Just in time for Labor Day, a new report on the gap between the boss and the average worker is a gleefully malicious attack on the richest CEOs.

Aug 31, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich

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