Plato identified inequality as a central problem of politics. Inequality, this ancient Greek philosopher warned, undermines ...

The GOP plan slashes Medicaid, SNAP, and other core safety net programs to fund tax cuts for billionaires, mass deportation ...

The private jet lobby is pushing hard for a massive tax break for billionaires and centi-millionaires that use the most polluting form of transportation on the planet. Legislation rapidly moving ...

Sustainergy has helped retrofit thousands of homes in Cincinnati. I’m more proud of the family-sustaining jobs we’ve created.

The tag “merchants of death” has long since disappeared from our American political lexicon. But the problem Nye named remains. Our contemporary corporate moguls are continuing to get rich off the ...

Amazon workers at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island shocked the world in 2022 when they voted to form the first American union at the e-commerce giant. A new documentary — Union — gives a behind-the ...

The gender gaps at the top of corporate hierarchies are a global phenomenon. According to World Economic Forum analysis of LinkedIn data, women worldwide continue to be outnumbered by men in senior ...

Explore our poll results Ask whether human activity is the main cause of global warming, and 88 percent on the left will say yes, but only 37 percent on the right. Ask if the government should ensure ...

The nature of the financial industry facilitates offshore tax dodging. Transactions in the multi-trillion dollar global derivatives market, for example, can be recorded nearly anywhere in the world to ...

Key Findings The wealth of Giving Pledge signers is skyrocketing. Of the 62 people who signed the Giving Pledge that were billionaires in 2010, their combined wealth has almost doubled — from $376 ...

The undervalued nature of care work also has ramifications for paid care workers. Care work has already been one of the fastest-growing sectors of the American economy, the Institute for Women’s ...

Racial Wealth Divide Snapshot Between 1983 and 2016, the median black family saw their wealth drop by more than half after adjusting for inflation, compared to a 33 percent increase for the median ...