wealth gap

The paradox of progress for Black Americans

September 13, 2024 By Algernon Austin And Dedrick Asante-Muhammad

This is the best economy for Black Americans in generations, but that’s not enough to close the racial wealth divide on its own.

D.C. residents, know your enemy: the Federal City Council

June 24, 2024 By David Schwartzman

As the voice of business, the Federal City Council has spent decades opposing any progressive reforms in the Capitol.

If income gap is a chasm, wealth gap is Grand Canyon

January 17, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The top 1 percent of the U.S. owned 39.6 percent of U.S. wealth in 2016, up from one-third 33 years before.

Widening wealth gap exposes America’s cultural commitment to inequality

June 27, 2016 By Tim Libretti

"I believe these truths to be self-evident: America is committed to inequality."

South Carolina voters want to reverse damage by GOP state government

February 27, 2016 By Roberta Wood And Larry Rubin

South Carolinians desperately need better paying jobs, more accessible health care and better schools, but Governor Haley is using a $400 million surplus for tax cuts for the wealthy.