‘I’m Tired All the Time’: What Minimum Wage Feels Like

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 15, 2015 Sabrina Johnson and Edith Figueroa are among tens of thousands of fast-food workers who have mobilized under the banner of the "Fight for $15" to demand better wages and the right to form a union. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Income Gap Between Races Is Wider Than It’s Been for Decades

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 23, 2014 Wealth inequality between whites and their black and Hispanic counterparts has reached its highest point since the late ’80s and early 2000s in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Profile of America’s Underpaid Cops: St. Louis County

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 27, 2014 Some officers who responded to protests against the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., in August earn as little as $10.50 an hour. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Oil and Gas Companies Are Rigging Wages and Cheating Their Workers

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2014 U.S. Department of Labor investigations have uncovered hundreds of cases in which oil and gas workers, many involved in dangerous jobs, are being cheated of earnings. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why Ordinary People Bear Economic Risks and Donald Trump Doesn’t

Robert Reich / Truthdig Sep 22, 2014 Bankruptcy was designed so people could start over. But these days, the only ones starting over are big corporations, wealthy moguls and Wall Street. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

California Income Chasm

Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Aug 11, 2014 Dig deeper

What ‘War on Whites’?

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 9, 2014 If there really were a "war on whites," as a Republican congressman from Alabama ludicrously claims, it wouldn't be going very well for the anti-white side. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hillary’s Hardest Choice (and the Democrats’ Dilemma)

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jun 30, 2014 What’s the reason for the tempest in the teapot of Hillary and Bill Clinton’s personal finances? Dig deeper ( 4 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 )

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 )

Are Corporations Really Hogging Workers’ Wages?

By Andrew Kliman Apr 9, 2014 Some of the most respected economists in the world are telling Americans their employers have been taking an increasing share of their earnings over the past four decades The truth is a bit more complexSome of the most respected economists in the world are telling Americans their employers have been taking an increasing share of their earnings. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Capital in the 21st Century

By Steven Pearlstein Apr 4, 2014 In his new book, French economist Thomas Piketty reminds us that within the dynamics of capitalism is a natural and destabilizing tendency toward inequality of income, wealth and opportunity. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )