Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 10, 2013
"If you know anyone who still believes in a 'liberal media,' " writes David Akadjian at The Washington Spectator, "here are 13 things everyone would know" if it really existed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 29, 2013
So much for the American dream. Based on new survey data released exclusively by The Associated Press, it appears that economic insecurity is becoming the new norm in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigJul 21, 2013
The geopolitical divide has become so palpable that being wealthy in America today means not having to come across anyone who isn’t. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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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 )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 5, 2013
The richest Americans made trillions during the so-called economic recovery from 2009 to 2011, while most everyone else's net worth dropped, according to a recent study. "It's as if the entire economic recovery is going into the pockets of the rich," Les Leopold writes at AlterNet. "And that's no accident." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigApr 17, 2013
We come together as Americans when confronting common disasters and common threats, such as occurred in Boston on Monday, but we continue to split apart economically. Dig deeper ( 2 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 )
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 / TruthdigJan 30, 2013
A newly released analysis by the Economic Policy Institute shows that the super rich have done well in the economic recovery while almost everyone else has done badly. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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