Pope Francis: Government Has a Role in Addressing Inequality and Injustice Pope Francis: Government Has a Role in Addressing Inequality and Injustice
A new project by NETWORK, the Catholic social justice lobby, invites a reconsideration of a duty to the poor.
Apr 19, 2014 / John Nichols
We Built This Country on Inequality We Built This Country on Inequality
The wealth gap didn’t spring up from policy gone awry—it is the policy.
Apr 17, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
7 Facts About Our Broken Tax System 7 Facts About Our Broken Tax System
On Tax Day, it’s worth thinking about the ways to make the American tax system better.
Apr 15, 2014 / George Zornick
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[VIDEO] Thomas Piketty: Is Inequality Inevitable? [VIDEO] Thomas Piketty: Is Inequality Inevitable?
How to avoid the slide toward a world of increasingly separated haves and have-nots.
Apr 14, 2014 / The Graduate Center, CUNY
11 GOP Excuses for Not Extending Unemployment Benefits 11 GOP Excuses for Not Extending Unemployment Benefits
Why don't Republicans want to extend long-term jobless aid? Actually, it's hard to tell.
Apr 8, 2014 / George Zornick
Poll Finds Jury Still Out on de Blasio Poll Finds Jury Still Out on de Blasio
And that’s good news for the progressive mayor.
Apr 8, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
Will America Once More Turn Its Back on Civil Rights? Will America Once More Turn Its Back on Civil Rights?
States are cutting back voting days, repealing same-day registration and creating strict voter identification requirements.
Apr 3, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Obama’s Brother’s Keeper Initiative Could Really Make a Difference How Obama’s Brother’s Keeper Initiative Could Really Make a Difference
Lecturing black men isn’t going to help them overcome the barriers they face. Better jobs and education policies will.
Apr 2, 2014 / Pedro Noguera
Will Phony Populists Hijack the Fight Against Inequality? Will Phony Populists Hijack the Fight Against Inequality?
These days everyone wants to ‘create opportunity,’ but few want a class war.
Apr 2, 2014 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
If We Want to Adapt to Climate Change, We Need to Start Now If We Want to Adapt to Climate Change, We Need to Start Now
According to the IPCC’s latest report, global warming is already hurting people, especially the poor, and is bound to get worse in the years ahead.
Mar 31, 2014 / Mark Hertsgaard