The Real College Admissions Scandal
Wealthy families have rigged college admissions for generations, but they want you to blame affirmative action.
After Trump
Centrist liberalism is dead, and Trump is a disaster. But progressives can use what he’s done to remake America and its place in the world.
Black America’s Vanishing Wealth Is Bad For All Americans
The racial wealth divide gives billionaires more power over all of us. The answer? Reparations.
2018 Midterm Elections: A Ballot Initiative Breakdown
Voters in several states passed measures to protect and expand the rights of people across the country.
An Honest Look at Poverty in the Heartland
Hardship is a lot more widespread in the Badger State than the official numbers would have you believe.
Trump, Kavanaugh and the Myth of Self-Made Success
The United States is not yet a country with a hereditary aristocracy of wealth and power, but unless we address the persistent inequalities around us, we are drifting in that direction.
The ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Letting the Rich Get Richer
Our politics needs to face up to inequality’s deep-set impact on all of us as individuals.
Our New Gilded Statistical Golden Age
We know a great deal more about how unequal we’ve become than our progressive forbears did in America’s original Gilded Age. But can data fuel a fight for a more equal world?
Thrive! Living Wage Coaltion & Reversing Inequality in Colorado
IPS Inequality expert Chuck Collins makes the rounds in Colorado for three public events on reversing ineqauliy.
About Those Low CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios
This year’s historic new CEO-worker pay gap disclosures have revealed a handful of big companies with modest internal pay gaps. Should we be applauding?
If You Take a Charitable Tax Deduction, You Should Actually Give to Charity
Wealthy donors are hoarding money in shady ‘charity’ accounts in the face of urgent community needs.
Creating Pension Plan Chaos for Teachers, Firefighters, and Cops
Hedge fund billionaires have been feasting off the futures of public employees – and the publics they serve.
A Stunning Glance at the Geography of U.S. Income Inequality
New Economic Policy Institute research exposes just how top-heavy many of the places Americans call home have become.
How To Level The Playing Field For Workers — Even With Unions Hurting
A federal jobs and income guarantee could protect workers the way unions once did.
Why I Got Arrested This Summer (And You Should, Too)
With 43 percent of Americans in or near poverty, most of us know there’s something deeply wrong with our democracy. Will we stand up for it?