Raising the Minimum Wage Is Step One in Making the Economy Work for the Many, Not Only the Few

Robert Reich / Truthdig May 11, 2015 A basic moral principle that most Americans agree on is no one who works full time should be in poverty, nor should their family. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Here’s How We Know Republicans Aren’t Serious About the Plight of Working-Class Americans

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 24, 2015 Briefly, there seemed a chance we might have a cross-party discussion of the biggest economic problem the country faces: the vexing intersection of wage stagnation, declining social mobility and rising inequality. That chance now seems to have gone up in smoke. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gender Pay Gap Is on Pace to Last 70 More Years

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 6, 2015 Wages paid to female workers across the globe will lag behind males' for seven more decades if the gender pay gap continues to shrink at the current rate, the U.N. warns in a report on inequality in workplaces worldwide. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

2095: The Year of Gender Equality in the Workplace?

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Oct 30, 2014 We’ll have to wait 81 years for gender parity in the workplace, a World Economic Forum report projects. Here's more about what the WEF figures mean for women around the world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sarah Silverman Raises Gender Wage Gap Awareness With Comical Video About the ‘Vagina Tax’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 9, 2014 Women will lose roughly half a million dollars during their working careers due to one simple fact: They "own" female genitalia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Shrinking the Global Income Gap

Thor Benson / Truthdig Oct 2, 2014 A new study from Harvard Business School suggests that people all across the world, from very divergent backgrounds and ideologies, want the income gap to become smaller -- and also that it's actually bigger than they realized. A new study from Harvard Business School suggests that people all across the world, from very divergent backgrounds and ideologies, want the income gap to become smaller—and also that it's actually bigger than they realized. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

John Oliver’s Hysterical Explanation of Why Women Getting Paid Less Than Men Is Outrageous

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 26, 2014 In a "Last Week Tonight" clip that was posted online Monday during the show's hiatus, John Oliver delivers two of the most memorable metaphors for the wage gap to date, followed by a faux commercial for the currency every sexist boss has dreamed of. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paul Ryan: Obama’s Approach to Poverty Perpetuates the Problem (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jul 28, 2014 It should come as no surprise that Rep. Paul Ryan wouldn't cotton to the Obama administration's take on targeting poverty in these times of economic unrest and income inequality. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Equal Pay

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Shining the Spotlight on the Corporate Pay Gap

David Sirota / Truthdig Jul 1, 2011 As the deficit has exploded, incriminating facts have leaked out showing that many corporations pay more to their executives than they pay in taxes (and many firms pay no corporate income tax at all). Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )