inequality
Deep freeze just latest disaster to befall Houston’s needy
March 8, 2021HOUSTON (AP) — Ernest and Hester Collins already faced their share of hardships before last month’s deadly winter storm plunged much of Texas into a deep freeze and knocked out power to millions of homes, including...
Read moreIs Black Lives Matter a tipping point on class inequality?
August 4, 2020On what basis do we assign different values to people’s lives?
Read moreIn an age of masks, the mask is off
August 3, 2020The mask of humanity, justice, rationality, and peace is being torn off the collective face of the American government and politics and replaced with the sneer of the reality television host and the dead eyes of...
Read moreTrumka rips Senate GOP and its leader, McConnell
July 9, 2020AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has had it up to here with the U.S. Senate’s ruling Republicans and specifically with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Read morePandemic profits: Analysis shows the ultra-rich got ultra-richer as coronavirus hit
May 5, 2020Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' net worth grew by $12 billion from mid-March to April 10 alone—while 20 million U.S. workers lost their jobs in those same weeks.
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