inequality
Equal Pay Day arrives with gender, racial pay gap still yawning
March 14, 2023The pay gap may be understated because many large corporations refuse to disclose pay data.
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Working-class tribune Barbara Ehrenreich exposed inequality and capitalism’s positive thinking cult
September 23, 2022The late Nickel and Dimed author also laid bare the “positive thinking” industry that put a smiley face on inequality.
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Capitalism’s climate inequality: The rich keep cool while the poor roast
September 19, 2022Temperatures in New York’s low-income South Bronx run 8 degrees higher than in the wealthy neighborhoods of Manhattan’s Upper West and East Sides.
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Inflation? More like CEO ‘greedflation’ according to AFL-CIO Paywatch report
July 21, 2022Wall Street elites have been quick to blame workers’ wages and low unemployment for causing inflation. But in reality, U.S. workers’ earnings actually fell behind inflation.
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Juneteenth 2022: Demanding a Third Radical Reconstruction of U.S. capitalism
June 18, 2022Tens of thousands are in Washington, D.C., with the Poor People’s Campaign demanding an end to racism, poverty, and the war economy.
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