Tag: wealth gap

We wanted to see how discrimination shaped one city. Here’s how you can get answers about your own community.

We must find momentum through our discontent, and be “outraged enough to become even more politically active.”

“The richest 1% of U.S. households don’t report 21% of their income.”

“In every country that we looked at, inequality has gotten worse during the pandemic.”

“The increases in billionaire wealth continue to defy gravity in the real economy where millions have lost their jobs, health, and livelihoods.”

“We believe that big corporations that can afford to pay their executives million-dollar salaries every year can afford to pay their fair share in taxes to help us recover.”

In the UK and US, being rich can add almost a decade of healthy living to a person’s life.

In the two years since Congress passed the Republican tax law, the richest 1 percent have been the big winners.

The state legislature could end the sub-minimum tipped wage for car washers downstate.

"Between 1989 and 2018, the top 1 percent increased its total net worth by $21 trillion."