Inequality and the Common Good

The Program on Inequality and the Common Good focuses on the dangers that growing inequality pose for U.S. democracy, economic health and civic life.

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Op-Ed
The Economic Side of MLK's Dream
April 4 - We're not much closer to the promised land than we were at the time of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination. By Chuck Collins, published in The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.

Report
40 Years Later: The Unrealized American Dream
April 2 - Economic inequality between African Americans and whites is still at the foundation of racial inequality. By the Inequality and the Common Good project.

Op-Ed
U.S.: 40 Years in the Wilderness
April 1 - Four decades after his death, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words tragically speak to our current reality. By Dedrick Muhammad, published in Black Star News and The Skanner.

Op-Ed
The Great Reckoning Is Here
February 21 - A corrosive problem lies at the root of our economic instability: our society and economy are rapidly polarizing. By Chuck Collins, published in Evening Times (Little Falls, NY), Newberry Observer (Newberry, SC), The Mountain Mail (Salida, CO).

Op-Ed
Change to Believe In
February 21 - Forty years after the Kerner Commission report, the nation remains divided into separate and unequal societies. By Dedrick Muhammad, published in Black Agenda Report, Final Call, Inequality.org.

Op-Ed
Want to Stimulate the Economy? Tax the Wealthy
January 24 - Underlying our economic crisis is a polarization of income and wealth. By Chuck Collins, published in AlterNet.

Report
State of the Dream 2008
January 15 - IPS and United for a Fair Economy find the subprime lending crisis is causing the greatest loss of wealth to people of color in modern U.S. history. By the Inequality and the Common Good project.

Op-Ed
Estate Tax Is Fairest Means of Building Revenue
November 14 - Congress finally has a chance to have a sober discussion about how to responsibly reform the estate tax. By Chuck Collins and Bill Gates Sr., published in The Politico.

Magazine Article
Ten Blockbuster Hearings
January 22 - Here’s how the Democratic Party’s new majority in Congress can start making a real difference in Washington. By Chuck Collins, published in The Nation.