8 Ways States Can Fight Inequality and Build Worker Power
As a war on immigrants and the working class rages in Washington, state governments should use every tool at their disposal to advance a more equitable economy.
California Just Banned Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings in Workplaces. Business Groups Have Sued to Stop the New Law.
Chamber of Commerce, Restaurant Association claim the law, which labor unions say is meant to prevent coercion, violates free speech.
Justice Dept. Sues Six of the Nation’s Largest Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets
Federal prosecutors allege that the landlords have used RealPage pricing software to collude and artificially raise rents. The legal action is the latest development stemming from a 2022 ProPublica investigation.
What I Learned Reporting in Cities That Take Belongings From Homeless People
Some cities take people’s belongings — ignoring their own policies and court orders — and then fail to store them. Our reporting shows there are more effective and compassionate ways…
‘A Policy Choice’: US Report Finds Homelessness Soared 18% This Year
"Increased homelessness is the tragic, yet predictable, consequence of underinvesting in the resources and protections that help people find and maintain safe, affordable housing," said one advocate.
Sweeps Don’t Solve Homelessness
Instead, governments should prioritize safe, affordable, dignified, and permanent housing for all.
Anger Explodes at Health Care CEOs
Private insurers profit by denying help to sick people. When a CEO was murdered, Americans said just how they feel about that system.
These 10 Companies Run Our ‘Democracy’
"That's what the political systems in the West are about. They see capital as a vital interest of the West, and that's why we have military bases all over the…
Working People Place Cost of Living as Top Concern in US Elections
The economy and cost of living continues to be the top issue for the people of the US, who are struggling under astronomical housing and grocery costs.
A Win for the Poor
Our absurdly financialized economy has metastasized into something deadly for most people, as it dispossesses them of their trailer homes, their medical care and, for university employees, their wages.
CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24%
"Exorbitant CEO pay has contributed to rising inequality in recent decades—concentrating earnings at the top and leaving fewer gains for ordinary workers," said one expert at the Economic Policy Institute.
US Food Insecurity Rate Rose to 13.5% in 2023 as Government Benefits Declined and Food Prices Soared
Barring any major policy changes that continue to slow inflation and dramatically reduce the price of food in 2024 or 2025, this rate is unlikely to drop again in the…
Nearly 500 Tenants Left a Los Angeles Apartment Complex Before a Judge Ruled Their Eviction Illegal. Now What?
Rent-controlled Barrington Plaza tenants, many of whom moved to more expensive apartments, are weighing a lawsuit.
To Best Understand Inequality, Think Class, Not Generation
Our age cohorts don’t tell the full story.