Economy and Business
It’s Time to Crack Down on Excessive CEO Pay
The pay gap between workers and CEOs at America’s largest low-wage employers is now 670 to 1. That’s obscene.
Medical Debt Is a Rip-Off
Health care giants aren’t just making care more expensive. They’re putting Americans in debt bondage.
Homelessness Is a Policy Choice — And We Can Choose Differently
Much of my adult life has been spent homeless or incarcerated. Here’s how we can help people keep a roof over their heads.
How to Prevent an American Theocracy
Six judges shouldn’t get to overturn the will of voters and destroy our rights. Expand the Supreme Court.
Do Fear the Reaper
He’ll come for every right, eventually.
A Pastor Marches for a Moral Economy
The Poor People’s Campaign marched on Washington to demand action on poverty. Here’s why one pastor joined them.
To Prevent Formula Shortages, Break Up Monopolies
Food experts have warned for years that monopolies make our food supply vulnerable. Now babies are paying the price.
Only in Top Gun Can the Military Solve All Our Problems
In real life, plowing money into shiny fighter jets while Americans struggle and the climate burns makes us less safe.
Keeping Workers Poor Is Bad for Business
At America’s biggest low-wage employers, chief executives now pocket 670 times more than their workers.
Celebrating Juneteenth With Bold New Ideas
Closing our racial wealth divide requires bold thinking, but so did ending slavery.
