Inequality in America
Chicago’s Hull House closes after 120 years of service
By Shane Feratu and Scott Martin, February 8, 2012
The Jane Addams Hull House Association, one of the largest non-profit social service organizations in Chicago, abruptly shut down on Friday, January 27, after 120 years.
Third police killing in one week in New York City
By Peter Daniels, February 6, 2012
New York City police kill an unarmed teenager in his Bronx home, the latest example of targeting of working-class youth.
Study reports that New Yorkers struggle to put food on the table
By Ali Ismail, February 4, 2012
Four years after the onset of the economic crisis, long-term unemployment is fueling hunger in the financial capital of the US.
US CEO pay reaches new heights
By David Walsh, January 28, 2012
One report notes that 2011 was “the year of the $50 million-plus CEO” in the US. Another study points to executives who have received “golden parachutes” worth more than $100 million. CEOs of bankrupt firms do all right too.
Republican presidential candidate Romney reports income of $21 million a year
By Patrick Martin, January 25, 2012
The Republican presidential candidate collected as much in a single day as the average American family makes in a full year.
New studies show growth of poverty, class tensions in US
By Kate Randall, January 14, 2012
Two new studies document the growth of poverty in America and a heightened awareness of the social tensions arising from the conflict between the rich and poor.
Detroit-area CEOs rake in millions while city prepares further cuts
By Shannon Jones, January 11, 2012
The fat paychecks of top CEOs in the Detroit area stand in obscene contrast to the desperate state of the city’s finances and much of its population.
US unions aid in corporate wage-cutting campaign
By Joseph Kishore, December 31, 2011
A New York Times article leading the newspaper’s business section on Friday praises the role of the trade unions in promoting an unprecedented decline in manufacturing wages in the US.
Christmas of crisis in America
By Patrick Martin, December 23, 2011
Poverty, unemployment and inequality are the dominant features of American society at the end of 2011
The lamentations of the rich
By Alex Lantier and David North, December 22, 2011
Recent months have seen the eruption of popular anger throughout the United States at the staggering levels of social inequality, with the Occupy Wall Street protests gathering broad popular sympathy and support.
US hunger, homelessness soar amid cuts in social spending
Half of Americans either poor or low-income
By Andre Damon, December 16, 2011
Amid continuous attacks on social services in the United States, hunger and homelessness are growing at epidemic rates.
“A Third World in our own backyard”
US child homelessness soars
By Barry Grey, December 15, 2011
More than 1.6 million children in the United States, or one in 45, are homeless, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Center on Family Homelessness.
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