Inequality

As Consumers Pay, Oil CEOs Refuse to Testify to Congress About Soaring Prices

"While Americans struggle with high gas prices, these companies are doing victory laps, showering their already wealthy executives and shareholders with billions in stock buybacks and bonus compensation," said one watchdog group. "They should be ashamed."

Julia Conley · Mar 29, 2022

Inflation Won't Be Remedied by the Federal Reserve Imposing Higher Interest Rates

Robert Reich · Mar 28, 2022

Citizens receive the Covid-19 vaccine at Jabulani Mall Mobile Vaccination Site on July 6, 2021 in Soweto, South Africa

Covid-19 Vaccine Apartheid Is Exacerbating Global Inequalities: UN

Kenny Stancil · Mar 28, 2022

Biden Tax Plan Would Force Top 10 Billionaires Alone to Pay $215 Billion Over Next Decade

Jon Queally · Mar 27, 2022

The Grim Consequences of Sidelining Science: Nearly One Million US Covid Deaths and the Climate Crisis

Derrick Z. Jackson · Mar 27, 2022

Youth climate strikers march in Cologne, Germany

Youth Strikes Worldwide Demand Climate Action That Centers 'People Not Profit'

"We live in a broken system, one where the richest 1% of the world population are responsible for more than twice the pollution as the poorest 50%. That's why we strike."

Jake Johnson · Mar 25, 2022

'Tragic': Outrage as Rich Countries Get New Covid Vaccine Before Poorest

"There are still a lot of unvaccinated people in poor countries and, once again, they are at the back of the line," said one expert.

Jake Johnson · Mar 24, 2022

A woman looks at wildfires tearing through a forest

Emissions, Exceptionalism, and Inequality in World on Fire

Cleaner, alternative energies are only going to be truly viable if we can also greatly reduce our energy needs, which means reconfiguring the global economy. Do we really have what it takes?

Aviva Chomsky · Mar 24, 2022

Former U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon speaks at a meeting

'Millions of Lives Could Be Saved': Ex-UN Chief Demands Better Patent Waiver Deal

Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon argued that a newly announced compromise on Covid-19 patents would "do little to improve access to vaccines and treatments."

Jake Johnson · Mar 24, 2022

This Pandemic Should Teach Us That Grotesque Inequality Was a Pre-Existing Condition

And we should not go back to that kind of "normal."

Domenica Ghanem · Mar 24, 2022

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon attends a White House policy event

'Jaw-Dropping': Wall Street Bonuses Have Soared 1,743% Since 1985

A new analysis finds that if the federal minimum wage had increased at the same rate, it would currently be $61.75 an hour.

Jake Johnson · Mar 23, 2022

We Must All Rise Together Against Crimes Fueled by Hate

Asian Americans are not alone when it comes to hate crimes, hate crimes against Black Americans are also up. The Jewish community reported a record number of hate crimes. In Chicago, gay men were the most targeted.

Jesse Jackson · Mar 23, 2022

Let's Not Stop With the Russian Oligarchy

Why is oligarchy, which means rule (arche) by the few (oligoi), considered an exclusively Russian phenomenon?

Yanis Varoufakis · Mar 23, 2022

New Yorkers receive food at a food distribution event

Corporate Price-Gouging, Lapsed CTC Send US Families to Food Banks in Droves

"My fear, and the fear of many mayors, is that many of our residents are returning to chow lines," said the elected leader of Richmond, Virginia.

Kenny Stancil · Mar 22, 2022

US Needs a People's Economic Democracy

Building a more powerful people's movement for economic democracy will require the spread of a more expansive view of democracy, one that moves past individual rights and into the realm of shared responsibilities.

Erica Smiley · Mar 22, 2022

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