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  1. Standing Up to Disaster Capitalism in Detroit Rachel Fentin, left, 23, of Detroit, holds a sign denouncing water shutoffs as members of The People’s Water Board Coalition protest Detroit’s cutting off the water supply to some residents, in Detroit on Friday, July 18, 2014.
    7 Jul 2014 … As Detroit draws international criticism for shutting off water for low-income families, activists ask why people are being forced to pay while the Wall Street banks live large. Continue reading
  2. Does Rising Inequality Make a Democracy More Warlike? President George W. Bush on the Abraham Lincoln being saluted by the flight deck crew. (Image: US Navy/ Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tyler J. Clements.)
    10 Oct 2014 … An MIT political scientist turns the conventional wisdom about warfare on its head. Continue reading
  3. Pope: “King Money” Culture is Hurting Young and Old
    12 Dec 2013 … Pope Francis encourages resistance to an “economy of exclusion and inequality.” Continue reading
  4. Lessons From Vietnam on Inauguration Day Motorbike drivers covered up with face masks try to get through the morning peak hour traffic at Nga Tu So intersection on Nov. 4, 2016 in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images)
    1 Jan 2017 … The first thing I learned when I got to Vietnam last week was how to cross the street. “Don’t rush!” advised our guide. “Just even your pace and walk slowly. Don’t make any sudden lurches forward, backward or stop. The Continue reading
  5. Cause for Hope: Sister Simone Campbell on the Pope Francis-Obama Meeting Obama and Pope Francis
    4 Apr 2014 … The “Nuns on the Bus” leader reflects on the significance of the recent meeting of the pontiff and the president at the Vatican. Continue reading
  6. Inequality Is Probably Costing You a Lot of Money Families search through shoes donated by Crocs at a distribution site for Feed The Children on May 9, 2009 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Six tractor-trailers filled with food, personal care items and shoes were distributed to area families in need by the organization. Feed The Children is an international, relief organization that used truck caravans to help communities in the US that were hard hit by the current economic crisis. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … When political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson released Winner-Take-All Politics in March 2011, it made headlines. The book’s vivid descriptions of how moneyed interests had come to dominate the Washington political scene captured media attention and helped shape conversations Continue reading
  7. Paying CEOs Top Dollar for Poor Performance
    8 Aug 2013 … A study looked at high-earning CEOs performances over the past 20 years and found that compensation isn't at all reflective of a job well done. Continue reading
  8. The Treason of the Senate
    12 Dec 2014 … Read an excerpt from a 1906 Cosmopolitan exposé condemning rich donors who foot the bills for political parties and “manipulate the prosperity produced by all, so that it heaps up riches for the few.” Sound familiar? Continue reading
  9. The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today People wait in a several-blocks-long line to receive food and gifts at the "A Miracle in Motown" event, part of a nationwide program to help working poor and disadvantaged families on Dec. 18, 2008 in Detroit. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
    8 Aug 2016 … If current economic trends continue, the average black household will need 228 years to accumulate as much wealth as their white counterparts hold today. For the average Latino family, it will take 84 years. Absent significant policy interventions, or a Continue reading
  10. “People and Planet First”: On the Moral Authority of Climate Justice and a New Economy
    7 Jul 2015 … Our current economic system is both fueling the climate crisis and actively preventing us from taking the necessary actions to avert it. Continue reading