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  • | Southwest | MR Online

    Inside Southwest’s horrific holidays

    Originally published: Inequality on January 3, 2022 by Sam Pizzigati (more by Inequality)  | (Posted Jan 09, 2023)

    Blame the wealthy, not the weather.

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    Why the Great Migration did little to bridge the Great Racial Divide

    Originally published: Inequality on August 1, 2022 by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Briana Shelton (more by Inequality)  | (Posted Aug 16, 2022)

    Real and lasting economic opportunities for Black families will come only through a serious national reckoning on race.

  • | My friends in India dread switching on their phones in the morning for fear of seeing messages about friends who have died in the night Beyond the selective headlines maybe these intimate communications are the more accurate record of this terrible moment in our history | MR Online

    Inequalities are shaping how we’re fighting the Pandemic — and how we’ll remember it

    Originally published: Inequality on June 7, 2021 by Max Lawson (more by Inequality)  | (Posted Jun 10, 2021)

    COVID-19 infections in most countries have been hugely underestimated—not least because rich countries bought almost all the tests.

  • | Wall Street | MR Online

    If the minimum wage had increased as much as Wall Street bonuses since 1985, it would be worth $44 today

    Originally published: Inequality on March 29, 2021 by Sarah Anderson (more by Inequality)  | (Posted Apr 02, 2021)

    The 2020 bonus pool for 182,100 securities industry employees could pay for more than 1 million jobs paying $15 per hour for a year.

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    Who are the 10 biggest pandemic profiteers?

    Originally published: Inequality on March 23, 2021 by Chuck Collins (more by Inequality)  | (Posted Mar 24, 2021)

    One year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, U.S. billionaires have made out like gangbusters at the expense of workers.

  • | Tax paperwork | MR Online

    Taxes on the rich: One-sixth of what they used to be

    Originally published: Inequality on February 12, 2021 by Bob Lord and Chuck Collins (more by Inequality)  | (Posted Feb 18, 2021)

    A new IPS briefing paper highlights the unique role of tax policy in wealth concentration.

  • | Global Inequality in a Time of Climate Emergency Inequalityorg Inequalityorg | MR Online

    Global inequality in a time of climate emergency

    Originally published: Inequality on June 10, 2019 by Tom Athanasiou (more by Inequality)  | (Posted Jun 15, 2019)

    Our worlds richest have a great deal of money. They also have the power to decide whether our civilization sinks or swims. So what can we do?

  • | Confronting Climate Change in a Deeply Unequal World | MR Online

    Confronting Climate Change in a deeply unequal world

    Originally published: Inequality on October 11, 2018 by Sam Pizzigati (more by Inequality)  | (Posted Oct 18, 2018)

    The global reaction to two landmark new reports suggests the world could well lose that confrontation.

  • | Halloween candy | MR Online

    This year’s real Halloween horror

    Originally published: Inequality on October 25, 2017 by Bob Lord (more by Inequality)  | (Posted Oct 30, 2017)

    The Mars family has made billions selling us M&Ms, Snickers, and countless other Halloween treats for a century now.  But when it comes to paying tax, the Mars family seems to be all tricks and no treats.

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