Tag: inequality

Two guaranteed income projects in New York City and Atlanta are showing how modest monthly cash payments to low-income women of color can make a huge difference in alleviating race and gender-based economic inequities.

Pandemic-related lockdowns have increased the risk of violence against women and girls. Many governments have made more resources for survivors available as part of their pandemic-relief efforts, but this assistance can do little to prevent future violence without programs to address its root causes.

Dr. Judy Lubin of the Center for Urban and Racial Equality explains why it is important to be intentional about dismantling systemic racism in the coming battle to nominate the next Supreme Court justice.

Over the next few decades, the richest American families could avoid paying about $8.4 trillion in taxes, or more than four times...

For decades, the federal government has allocated about four times as much funding to roadways as it has to public transit such...

America’s national media typically pay little attention to the moves the nation’s state lawmakers make. Not this year. State legislative battles have...

The 10 wealthiest billionaires in the U.S. have added roughly $1 billion to their collective fortune every day—or around $12,600 per second—since...

On the heels of a new report showing significant financial insecurity, including homelessness, among workers at Kroger grocery stores, more than 8,000...

The fastest rate of inflation in 40 years is hurting families across the U.S. who are seeing ever-higher prices for everything from...

Our economic and racial divides grew even wider in 2021, but there are signs of hope for a more equitable future.