New schemes for fully robotic farming could push the last remaining farmers — and their communities — to fold.

Nearly a decade before she was the public face of DHS, Noem’s tall tales about the estate tax helped gut one of the few ...

Typical pay at the largest low-wage employers is so low that workers can’t cover basic necessities and often have to rely on public assistance.

By taxing companies that pay poverty wages, state and local governments can help cover federal cuts to safety net programs low-wage workers rely on.

In a typical year, over 60 percent of American households get refunds from the IRS. People get refunds if too much money was ...

A first-generation college student fears other young people from working families won't get the financial aid she's relied on for her education.

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol began “Operation Metro Surge” targeting the Twin Cities nearly two months ago. Since then, they have taken the lives of Renee ...

Conventional wisdom claims that far-right voters are the least supportive of redistribution and the least likely to change their minds when faced with facts about inequality. But my recent study with ...

As a co-editor of Inequality.org, I get a lot of fan mail (and a few complaints). Greg B. recently wrote in, “None of my problems exist as a result of someone else being a billionaire.” My response to ...

Transit is essential. It’s how we get to health care appointments, parks, school, and work. Essential workers, small businesses, and under-served communities throughout the country depend on transit.

Union density has been in sharp decline since the 1970s and recently reached a low at 9.9 percent in 2024. Despite a recent uptick in union elections and increased enthusiasm for the labor movement ...