Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 8, 2013
The salaries of corporate CEOs in the U.S. have ballooned so ridiculously in the past 50 years that the average chief executive now earns roughly 237 times what the average American worker collects. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigMay 31, 2013
It's not that most Americans have been living beyond our means, but our means haven't kept up because of widening inequality. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 28, 2013
Unlike the Danes, American society has abstracted freedom from its prerequisite of economic security. Vermonters learned of enviable Danish freedom in a series of town meetings this month with one of their senators, Bernie Sanders, and Peter Taksoe-Jensen, the Danish ambassador to the U.S. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 20, 2013
Rather than bridging economic disparities between students, higher education seems to be widening them; although Google's new customizable maps sound like a great idea, they filter out a lot of useful information; and although some would like to blame the collapse of the middle class on the Internet, truth is it was falling apart long before the World Wide Web. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 28, 2013
George W. Bush's paintings do not reveal anything about the Iraq War, despite our wishing that they did; absurdly, the main argument against gay marriage is the state's supposed need to regulate procreation; meanwhile, the entire Senate voted against Social Security cuts and the media said nothing. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 26, 2013
For the top 10 percent of American taxpayers though, it was--not surprisingly--a lot more. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigMar 14, 2013
The biggest problems we face are unemployment, stagnant wages, slow growth and widening inequality -- not deficits. The major goal must be to get jobs and wages back, not balance the budget. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By William deBuys, TomDispatchMar 14, 2013
If you want a taste of the brutal new climate to come, don't think of Hurricane Katrina or Superstorm Sandy. Look to Phoenix, where if the power goes out, people fry. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 4, 2013
An infographic-heavy video on wealth distribution that went viral over the weekend reveals that the gap between the rich and the poor in the U.S. is probably much worse than you think. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigFeb 26, 2013
The White House apparently believes the best way to strengthen its hand in the upcoming “sequester” showdown with Republicans is to tell Americans how awful the spending cuts will be, and blame Republicans for them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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