| Jun 13, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyNearly seven years ago — I know, wow — the Occupy Wall Street movement began highlighting the divide between the top 1 percent and the bottom 99 percent. Since then, it’s become common knowledge that income inequality in the United States is high. But there’s more to...
| Jun 6, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThree years ago, when my grandmother fell ill, I chose to delay my studies to work full time at McDonald’s to pay for her prescriptions and medical care. I knew at the time that my starting pay of $7.45 an hour wouldn’t be enough to live on. I even knew that I’d have...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs May gives way to June, the last college grad ceremonies are wrapping up and the last parties are coming to a close. Now the job hunt for recent grads begins in earnest — with the looming specter of student loan payments drawing ever closer. Today’s average...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyIt’s been pointed out that Donald Trump has unusually small hands… but who cares? What’s truly alarming are his unusually small policy ideas. Draining the swamp, for example. He bragged that he’d be stronger than Drano, promising he’d rid...
| May 30, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyAt this point, it’s no secret that America has an affordable housing problem. Home ownership, long the staple of the “American Dream,” is increasingly a privilege enjoyed only by the wealthier and whiter. For many young people, the opportunity their parents had...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracySylvia Bloom died in 2016, an unknown 96-year-old. Now the world knows all about her. The New York Times recently profiled the remarkable fortune Sylvia Bloom quietly accumulated over the course of her 67-year career as a legal secretary. That fortune totaled over $9...
