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Inequality by the numbers

February 11, 2016 By Rev. Jim Conn

We Americans like to think of ourselves as a middle-class country where the top is not out of reach and the bottom doesn't pose such a grim, cautionary specter.

Progressive economist on Sanders platform: Median income would soar to $82k

February 9, 2016 By C.J. Atkins

Sanders' programs will increase economic activity and employment and promote a more just prosperity with a narrowing of economic inequality.

Income inequality nurturing terrorism in the Middle East

December 9, 2015 By Larry Rubin

U.S. policies have resulted in a small number of Middle East monarchs controlling some 60-70 percent of the region's oil wealth.

Progressive voices bind climate conference to world issues

December 1, 2015 By Teresa Albano

Alongside the UN conference is a people's climate conference of NGOs, environmental and climate activists, trade unionists, scientists, local elected officials on strategies for climate action.

How “zero tolerance” tolerates inequality

November 6, 2015 By Teresa Albano

Despite zero evidence that zero tolerance policies improve school safety and discipline, they remain firmly in place today.