| Apr 24, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyEditor’s note: This piece originally ran at OtherWords.org in April 2018. It’s been adapted for re-publication in April 2019. Most of the world recognizes May 1 — May Day — as International Workers’ Day. Here in one of the few countries that doesn’t, it’s...
| Apr 17, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe gap between America’s ultra-wealthy and the rest of us is growing dramatically as wealth continues to concentrate at the top at the expense of the rest of us. One major symptom of this economic rift is the racial wealth divide, which is greater today than it was...
| Apr 10, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTax Day is here. What’s in your return? According to a new poll, only 17 percent of Americans say they’re paying less in taxes this year, despite the GOP’s promises that the huge tax cuts they passed were for the middle class. Tax returns due April 15 are the...
| Apr 9, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyLast month, McDonald’s announced a dramatic about-face in its political priorities. After years of strikes and protests from labor activists, the burger giant has decided to end its involvement in lobbying campaigns against increasing America’s paltry $7.25...
| Apr 3, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe U.S. is suffering from excessive wealth disorder. This isn’t your parents’ inequality influenza, but a more virulent strain of extreme disparities of income, wealth, and opportunity. Just 400 billionaires have as much wealth as nearly two-thirds of American...
