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Timothy Noah is Labor Policy Editor for Politico and a senior staff writer at RemappingDebate.org. He is the author of The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do about It, a former contributor to MSNBC, and a former staff writer for Slate.
New tax bill, old inequalities The Republican tax bill offers most American taxpayers a cut in the short-term. But analysts claim that it will only worsen America’s income inequality crisis, one that is demarcated along racial and ethnic lines.
Why aren't the presidential candidates talking about the poor? Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton rolled out her economic plan in Detroit Thursday morning. Donald Trump unveiled his plan there earlier in the week. There was one glaring omission from both platforms – poverty. Clinton promised to create jobs with a New Deal-style investment in infrastructure, manufacturing and science.
Obama's Progressive Budget Deal Snubbed by GOP Lame-duck President Barack Obama released his final budget proposal today. He said the aggressively liberal program "is about looking forward." But, even before they knew the details, Republican leaders in Congress declared they would break with tradition by refusing even to hold committee hearings on the President's spending plan.
America: Democracy or Oligarchy? The evidence is overwhelming. The wealth gap in America is growing. A new study claims that the wealthiest 10% of Americans influence public policy in this country more than any other group. Of that 10%, the top one percent pocketed nearly the entire gains from the recovery from the financial crisis.
Is Income Inequality Here to Stay? "All societies are unequal, but some are more unequal than others." So, "why has the US become more so than just about any other rich country in the past 30 years?"
Class Warfare Goes to the Movies It's been two years since Occupy Wall Street dramatized the increasing concentration of wealth in America's upper social stratosphere. That's about the time it takes to create and produce a movie and, sure enough, some of the latest Hollywood fare has more than a tinge of class-consciousness.
Class Warfare Goes to the Movies It's been two years since Occupy Wall Street dramatized the increasing concentration of wealth in America's upper social stratosphere. That's about the time it takes to create and produce a movie and, sure enough, some of the latest Hollywood fare has more than a tinge of class-consciousness.
Is Income Inequality a Threat to the Middle Class? One hundred years ago, in the era of Robber Barons, the richest 1% of Americans had 18% of the nation's income. The income tax, labor unions and the New Deal leveled things out but, since the 1970's, the income gap has been growing again and now it's wider than ever.
Belly up to the Barr Bill Barr is set to reprise his role as Attorney General, but this time for the Trump administration. Why would he want the job now?
Who are the political players in the LA teachers strike? Thousands of LA public school teachers are going to be back out on the picket lines for a second day. They walked off the job Monday after failing to reach a contract agreement with the LA Unified School District, despite months of negotiations.
