Top 10 ‘Luxury Items’ to Tax in Addition to Tampons

Jenna Berbeo / Truthdig Feb 13, 2016 Across the United States, tampons and other feminine hygiene products are being taxed as luxury items, an entirely appropriate idea when you consider what a luxury having your period is. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Credit Occupy in Bernie Sanders’ Surge

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 4, 2016 What began in 2011 as a movement against income inequality has morphed into burgeoning support for a presidential candidate who is passionate about economic justice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The World’s 1 Percent Will Own More Than the Other 99 Percent Combined by 2016

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 19, 2015 Can we please stop calling it the "wealth gap"? The figures Oxfam recently reported on global inequality can only be described as a growing abyss between the world's über-rich and the rest of us. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Study: The .01% Is the New 1%

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Nov 12, 2014 Comparisons between post-2008 America and the economic quagmire of the 1930s have been circulating for years, but a new study out of the London School of Economics sets the country back even further -- and moves the decimal point back a couple of spaces on the 1 percent to highlight an even smaller and richer demographic. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Seattle Paves the Way for the Rest of the U.S. With ‘Historic’ $15 Minimum Wage

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 3, 2014 The Seattle City Council's unanimous decision to impose the highest minimum wage in America is a momentous leap toward lifting workers out of poverty and closing the constantly widening gap between the 99 and the 1 percent. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Freedom Summer II

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jun 2, 2014 It took guts to take on the power structure of Mississippi a half-century ago. It takes guts to take on the power structure of giant companies like Walmart and McDonalds now. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Third Lens: Why Awareness of Class Cultures Can Strengthen Movements for Social Change

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig May 23, 2014 Bringing a class analysis to our understanding of privilege can help make sense of a broad range of experiences. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Study: Highest-Paid University Presidents Benefit From Soaring Student Debt and Low-Wage Adjuncts

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig May 20, 2014 It seems there's no coincidence that the university administrators with the fattest paychecks head schools in which students and adjuncts have the most to lose. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How to Shrink Inequality

Robert Reich / Truthdig May 14, 2014 Some inequality of income and wealth is inevitable, if not necessary. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The One Percent

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U.S. Control

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Government = Protection Racket for the 1 Percent

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2014 The evidence of income inequality just keeps mounting. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )