Reality Check: Why It Really Is Time To Tax The Rich
John Avlon points out the wealth gap between America's richest and poorer families more than doubled between 1989 and 2016.
John Oliver On The Wealth Gap And American Optimism
Last Week Tonight, July 13, 2014. John Oliver takes on income inequality, the wealth gap, American optimism and why people put up with our politicians passing laws that have done nothing but make the problem worse.
Pope Francis: Huge Salaries, Bonuses Are Symptoms Of Greed And Inequality
Pope Francis continues to make conservatives uneasy by stating that huge salaries and bonuses are symptoms of an economy based on greed and inequality.
Study: Racial Wealth Gap Widening
Racial inequality is alive and well. According to a new study, the wealth gap between African-American and white families has tripled in the past quarter century.
Wealth Gap Widens: Top 1% Keep Getting Richer While Americans Suffer
Here's an excellent new report from Bloomberg:
Top 1% Got 93% of Income Growth as Rich-Poor Gap Widened
The divergent fortunes of Reyes and Hemsley show that the U.S. has gone through two recoveries. The 1.2 million households whose
David Brooks: Americans Assume That The People Who Run For President Are 'Super-Rich'
From this Tuesday night's PBS Newshour, apparently the network decided their viewers just weren't getting enough of David Brooks' Villager conventional wisdom with his weekly appearance on Friday night and had him on to weigh in on the State of the
Wall Streeter To Occupiers: Go Back To Work!
As the Occupy Wall Street marches spread across the nation, one thing remains constant: The unbearable arrogance of the Ivory Tower traders and shills. Check out some of the reactions reported around the country.
Miami Herald:
"I don't
Donna Brazile Points Out How Terrible The Wealth Gap Is For Minorities In America
During the panel discussion on this Sunday's This Week, Donna Brazile got to make a point we don't hear discussed often enough in our corporate media, and that is the horrible level of poverty and the income disparity that minority communities are
