Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck, accumulate little to no wealth and pay taxes. A family with a median income of $70,000 per year pays an average tax rate of 14% per year. But the big capitalists live in a different world. As their wealth expands, their...
MacKenzie Scott, who divorced from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, is troubled by the tremendous and growing wealth inequality in the world. “In this effort,” she writes of her $2.7 billion giveaway, “we are governed by a humbling belief that it would be...
Most working-class families in the United States didn’t have access to professional childcare before COVID-19 hit, and they don’t now. Now, as many states begin to reopen workplaces, the schools remain shut. So the childcare crisis deepens. Even in “normal,” pre-COVID...
In Baltimore City, Maryland, the living legacy of racial segregation, economic inequality and poverty dominate the health of the population. Like many U.S. cities, Baltimore has a large population of people of color, and the deeply ingrained racism in society is...
As COVID-19 spreads to every corner of the globe and our lives, it’s a big question whether and how students will have classes. In California, 30 districts have been closed until the end of the academic year and we can be sure that more will be added to the list as...
