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Inequality

  1. ivy league
    What Ending Legacy Admissions Won’t FixElite-college admissions reflect deep problems with the state of higher education.
    By Sarah Jones
  2. luxuries
    The Superyacht Market Is Shrugging Off the Loss of Russian BuyersTurns out there are now plenty of other billionaires looking for massive yachts to buy.
    By Jeff Wise
  3. inequality
    Will Rotterdam Make Way for Jeff Bezos, Lord of the Seas?The billionaire and his oversize sailboat may be no match for a historic Dutch bridge.
    By Sarah Jones
  4. 9/11: 20 years later
    9/11 and the Rise of the (Unionized) Security OfficerHow a group of unsung heroes fought for better working conditions.
    By Sarah Jones
  5. millennials
    Will ‘the Great Wealth Transfer’ Trigger a Millennial Civil War?Boomers will bequeath more than $30 trillion by 2045. Some millennials will become beneficiaries of high housing costs and stock prices. Others won’t.
    By Eric Levitz
  6. inequality
    The Limits of Wealth-Tax PopulismSafeguarding democracy from inequality will require much more than soaking the superrich.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. covid-19
    Families of Color Are Now Facing an Economic DisasterThe pandemic is making America’s existing racial inequalities worse.
    By Sarah Jones
  8. labor
    Nevada Sex Workers Are Getting Stiffed by Brothels, the Government — and COVIDBarred from both working and receiving unemployment benefits, sex workers are struggling to survive the inequality of the socially distanced economy.
    By Eve Peyser
  9. trump tax returns
    Trump’s Returns Make Case for Funding the Tax PoliceThe president’s taxes are full of evasion schemes that our underfunded IRS has failed to punish.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. inequality
    Study: Inequality Robs $2.5 Trillion From U.S. Workers Each YearIf America’s level of income inequality had remained constant since 1970, the median U.S. worker would now make $100,000 a year.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. inequality
    Congress Is Hanging Single Parents Out to DryThe $600 enhanced unemployment benefits are due to expire. A new report shows how much single parents need that money.
    By Sarah Jones
  12. education
    Parents Are Flocking to Virtual Charters and Homeschooling. That’s Bad News.Poorly regulated education alternatives could set kids back.
    By Sarah Jones
  13. education
    Did America Set Public Schools Up to Fail?States underfunded public schools for years. COVID-19 is about to make things worse.
    By Sarah Jones
  14. covid-19
    American Workers Need Paid Leave, FastWorkers with new caregiving responsibilities need paid leave for an uncertain post-pandemic future.
    By Sarah Jones
  15. labor
    Racism Is a Working-Class ProblemThe Strike for Black Lives reminds America that racial justice and economic justice are linked.
    By Sarah Jones
  16. inequality
    No One Should Be Surprised That America Abandoned the Elderly to Die132,000 Americans have lost their lives to the pandemic. Almost 40 percent of them lived in nursing homes or assisted-living communities.
    By Sarah Jones
  17. zoomers
    COVID Has Sent Millions of Adult Zoomers Back HomeThe coronavirus recession has hit young Americans especially hard.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. covid-19
    Amazon’s Coronavirus Problem Is Worse Than It Let OnA COVID outbreak in Minneapolis is much worse than the company has admitted.
    By Sarah Jones
  19. coronavirus
    Essential Workers Are Still Dying From CoronavirusTrump wants life to go back to normal. But the virus is still killing workers.
    By Sarah Jones
  20. black lives matter
    Corporate America Loves Increasing Racial InequalityYou can support racial justice or economic policies that increase racial inequality — but not both.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. protests
    How a Minneapolis Hotel Became a Home for Hundreds“This isn’t temporary,” an organizer said.
    By Sarah Jones
  22. george floyd
    We Are Asking The Police to Do too MuchWhen the welfare state fails, all that’s left is violence.
    By Sarah Jones
  23. millennials
    Yes, Millennials Really Are That ScrewedBut will Democrats help them in time?
    By Sarah Jones
  24. bad ideas
    Just Give People HandoutsSometimes it’s not that complicated.
    By Sarah Jones
  25. inequality
    McDonald’s Wants to Reopen Its Dining Rooms. Workers Say Not So Fast.Workers in 20 cities went on strike to protest the chain’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    By Sarah Jones
  26. coronavirus
    The Coronavirus Class WarWorkers aren’t the ones clamoring to reopen the economy — they’re protesting against bosses who take away hazard pay while they’re still dying.
    By Sarah Jones
  27. coronavirus
    NYC DOH: Black and Latino Residents Dying at ‘Around Twice the Rate’ of WhitesThe city Department of Health announced that black and Latino residents are dying of COVID-19 at “around twice the rate of their white counterparts.”
    By Matt Stieb
  28. coronavirus
    Workers Are No Longer Heroes, Kroger ConcludesThe grocery-store chain is ending “hero pay” nationwide.
    By Sarah Jones
  29. coronavirus
    A Call Center Giant Is Responding to COVID-19, But Not Its Own EmployeesA federal contractor is making millions off the pandemic while workers struggle to stay safe.
    By Sarah Jones
  30. inequality
    When Your Zip Code Determines Whether You Live or DieMaternal mortality rates reveal a divided New York.
    By Irin Carmon
  31. inequality
    Are You Rich Enough to Survive This Pandemic?The vulnerable, the virus, and America’s willful blindness.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  32. in conversation
    Thomas Piketty Knew This Was ComingThe scholar of inequality warned us that our economic systems couldn’t withstand a global catastrophe.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  33. coronavirus
    The Coronavirus Is Radicalizing WorkersThe working class was already in crisis before the coronavirus. Now they’re angrier than ever.
    By Sarah Jones
  34. coronavirus
    Dear Rich People: Please Stop Hoarding ThingsCoronavirus is reinforcing social divisions that have existed for a long time.
    By Sarah Jones
  35. coronavirus
    Our Health-Care System Is Killing PeopleA heavily privatized system is no match for a major public-health crisis like the novel coronavirus.
    By Sarah Jones
  36. coronavirus
    For Some Diabetes Patients, the Coronavirus May Turn a Crisis Into an EmergencyThe cost of insulin already forces some people with diabetes to ration their medicine. What will they do during a pandemic?
    By Sarah Jones
  37. coronavirus
    We Can’t Go Back to the Way Things Used to BeThe coronavirus debunks many American myths.
    By Sarah Jones
  38. covid-19
    The Coronavirus Puts the Class War Into Stark ReliefAnyone can get sick, but some people have more at stake than others.
    By Sarah Jones
  39. socialism
    Why Do People Hate Socialism But Love Bernie Sanders?It’s one of the more unusual paradoxes in American politics.
    By Sarah Jones
  40. michael bloomberg
    Bloomberg Defended Fingerprinting Food-Stamp Applicants As Recently As 2018In the same 2018 talk, Bloomberg framed the minimum wage as an impediment to job creation.
    By Sarah Jones
  41. labor
    More Americans Are Going on StrikeInequality is increasing, and so are work stoppages. The two trends might be related.
    By Sarah Jones
  42. politics
    Trump’s Budget Clarifies the Election’s StakesThe president imagines himself a Robin Hood with the usual beneficiaries reversed.
    By Sarah Jones
  43. inequality
    The Workers Who Sign Us Up For Obamacare Can’t Afford Health CareA federal contractor helps people sign up for Obamacare. But it pays poor wages, discourages unionization, and offers expensive health insurance.
    By Sarah Jones
  44. david brooks
    Bernie Isn’t Trying to Start a Class War. The Rich Are Trying to Finish One.David Brooks argues that workers in America are paid what their labor is worth, accidentally proving the opposite.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. the one percent
    Americans Really Want to Raise Taxes on the RichBut will the rich themselves get in the way?
    By Sarah Jones
  46. politics
    People Are Losing Loved Ones to a Health-Care System That Doesn’t WorkA new Gallup poll shows deep inequities in the American health-care system.
    By Sarah Jones
  47. vision 2020
    Failed Candidate De Blasio Slams Bloomberg’s CandidacyIf Bloomberg runs, he’ll do better than BDB did without trying very hard.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. the economy
    These 3 Policy Failures Are Killing the American DreamAmerica is historically rich, yet its middle class is increasingly insecure. Here’s why.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. meritocracy
    Harvard’s Affirmative Action for Rich Whites Exposes Myth of MeritocracyHarvard’s competitive admissions process exists to maintain the prestige of the credentials it sells to the mediocre children of aristocrats.
    By Eric Levitz
  50. inequality
    Income Inequality Is Reaching a Tipping PointThe Census Bureau’s latest report reinforces the need for urgent solutions.
    By Sarah Jones
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