Plutocracy Reborn Plutocracy Reborn

A NOTE ON SOURCES

Chart One: Re-creating the Gap that Gave Us the Great Depression

Jun 11, 2008 / Feature / The Nation

Ending Plutocracy: A 12-Step Program Ending Plutocracy: A 12-Step Program

Our forebears struggled to survive in a world dominated by the superrich. Now it's our turn.

Jun 11, 2008 / Feature / Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati

This Land Is Their Land This Land Is Their Land

In the era of the superrich, if a place is truly beautiful, ordinary people can't afford to be there.

Jun 11, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich

Race and Extreme Inequality Race and Extreme Inequality

Will Obama's presidential candidacy signal a change for impoverished African-Americans?

Jun 11, 2008 / Feature / Dedrick Muhammad

Meet the Wealth Gap Meet the Wealth Gap

Top dogs and underdogs brush shoulders in Manhattan.

Jun 11, 2008 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson

Name Our Epoch! Name Our Epoch!

What to call our current economic era? An all-star progressive panel of judges will pore over the entries and announce a winner.

Jun 11, 2008 / Feature / The Editors

Our Gilded Age Our Gilded Age

Today's elite spend on a grand scale while pretending to be "just folks."

Jun 11, 2008 / Feature / Doug Henwood

The Rich and the Rest of Us The Rich and the Rest of Us

In this age of inequality, the wealth that should be shared by all Americans trickle up to the rich.

Jun 11, 2008 / Feature / John Cavanagh and Chuck Collins

Back Talk: Honor Moore Back Talk: Honor Moore

Poet Honor Moore talks about her family's response to her memoir, The Bishop's Daughter.

Jun 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

City of Fear City of Fear

A new book explores the historical ties between African-American and Japanese-American communities in Los Angeles.

Jun 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener