Plato identified inequality as a central problem of politics. Inequality, this ancient Greek philosopher warned, undermines ...

Sustainergy has helped retrofit thousands of homes in Cincinnati. I’m more proud of the family-sustaining jobs we’ve created.

The GOP plan slashes Medicaid, SNAP, and other core safety net programs to fund tax cuts for billionaires, mass deportation ...

They call it resilience. We call it survival. But what we’re really doing is building something else entirely. Something they ...

Nations with the smallest income gaps between the richest 10 percent and bottom 90 percent of households at the 90th and 10th percentiles as calculated by the OECD had significantly fewer infant ...

The deep and persistent racial wealth divide will not close without bold, structural reform. It has been created and held in place by public policies that have evolved with time including slavery, Jim ...

I’m a native Oregonian. The central part of the state has been my home for more than a quarter century. It’s where I expected to build my life. It’s also where I fled after a harrowing marriage with a ...

The United States Postal Service is under strong pressure to make deep spending cuts that would be devastating for customers and employees across the country. Black families have a particularly large ...

In 1942, then-president Franklin Roosevelt proposed a 100 percent tax rate on income over $25,000, the equivalent of about $484,000 today. Congress wouldn’t go along with that 100 percent top rate.

America’s ultra-rich today love to play tax-avoidance games. One of their favorites goes by the tag “buy-borrow-die,” a neat set of tricks that lets billionaire households avoid any taxes on the gains ...

Forbes and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data shows that U.S. corporate after-tax profits hit a record high of $2.5 trillion in the third quarter of 2021, further enriching wealthy executives and ...