US workers go on strike in 15 cities to demand $15-an-hour minimum wage
Who really owns the largest slice of Wall Street?
January 2021
Entrepreneurs are great, but it’s mom and dad who gave them their start
Gene Marks
'A lost history': the US women who fought for better working conditions
As a 'Zoom boom' brings the wealthy to Santa Fe, locals are getting priced out
JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon is paid $31.5m after decrying income inequality
December 2020
Coronavirus sharpens America's already stark economic inequalities
Analysts predict a holiday retail boom even as unemployment hits shocking levels, particularly for Black and brown workers
Jeff Bezos became even richer thanks to Covid-19. But he still won't protect Amazon workers
Robert Reich
The pandemic has made clear that corporations need more – not fewer – incentives to protect workers
To reverse inequality, we need to expose the myth of the ‘free market’
Robert Reich
We need an informed public that sees through the poisonous myth billionaires want us to believe: that income is a measure of your market worth
November 2020
The US is on ‘inequality autopilot’ – how can Biden's treasury pick help change course?
Fight for $15 minimum wage boosted in Florida but Biden faces tough task
October 2020
The worst part of Trump paying zero taxes? It's probably entirely legal
Chuck Collins
The tax code has one set of rules for the super-rich and another for everyone else. A cottage industry exists to help them avoid taxes
August 2020
'Bills kept coming': families of US Covid victims forced to crowdfund funerals
‘Coming here is a necessity’: demand for food aid soars in US amid job losses
Making billions v making ends meet: how the pandemic has split the US economy in two
To understand how rich billionaires really are, use this calculator
July 2020
Why the Covid-19 financial crisis will leave lasting scars on Gen Z
The effects of this economic downturn will likely be felt for years as people born between 1997 and 2012 try to start careers and build savings with an economy that was struck to rubble
June 2020
Eleven mayors pledge to explore direct cash payments plan to fight poverty
Mayors say it’s time to move forward with a ‘guaranteed income’ though it’s not yet clear how much money the cities might hand out
Coronavirus has widened America's vast racial wealth gap, study finds
Bonanza for billionaires as combined wealth surges to $3.581tn, with the likes of Bezos, Gates and Zuckerberg getting richer as unemployment rises
'I'm squeaking by right now': voices of America's unemployment crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the US economy, costing 42 million people to file for unemployment insurance