Inequality in America
US executives’ pensions soar in value
More Americans have to work past 65
By David Walsh, November 4, 2009
Workers in the US are increasingly giving up on the idea of retiring at 65, or even 67, while top CEOs are planning to quit their positions and live like royalty.
Child deaths from abuse and neglect rise in the US
By Naomi Spencer, October 28, 2009
Five children died from abuse or neglect every day on average in the United States between 2001 and 2007, according to a new report. Over the period, 10,440 child deaths were linked to abuse or neglec...
Atlanta homeless shelters strain under economic crisis
By Naomi Spencer, October 23, 2009
As the economic crisis deepens, Atlanta, Georgia, emergency providers are straining to accommodate more than 7,000 homeless people, including many newly homeless families.
As unemployment and poverty rise
Obama turns to the financial elite for campaign cash
By Bill Van Auken, October 21, 2009
Under conditions of deepening social misery throughout the US, President Barack Obama came to New York Tuesday to raise millions of dollars in campaign cash from America’s financial elite.
The two Americas
By Andre Damon and Joe Kishore, October 19, 2009
Two reports in the media last week point to the interconnected phenomena of surging pay for bankers and record declines in the wages of the working class.
A record year for Wall Street pay
By Barry Grey, October 15, 2009
According to the Wall Street Journal, the major US banks and financial firms are on track to hand out a record $140 billion in compensation this year.
The American way of debt: Turning a profit by preying on the poor
By Nancy Hanover, October 14, 2009
A section of business has turned the growth of poverty into a gold mine. Standing behind the big banks are several layers of an increasingly complex and parasitic finance industry. At the bottom are t...
The socialist answer to unemployment and poverty
By Jerry White, October 9, 2009
Wednesday’s lineup of tens of thousands of people seeking housing assistance in Detroit is one of those events that suddenly reveals the social reality in America that is ignored and concealed by th...
50,000 line up for housing aid in Detroit
By Jerry White, October 8, 2009
An estimated 50,000 residents of Detroit filed into Cobo Hall convention center on Wednesday seeking assistance to pay utility bills and keep from being evicted from their homes.
Detroit residents line up for housing assistance
By Andre Damon, October 8, 2009
Tens of thousands of people waited for hours Wednesday in Detroit to get applications for housing assistance. The turnout overwhelmed the event's planners, who thought no more than several thousand pe...
The new Forbes 400: Provocative wealth amidst social misery
By Tom Eley, October 3, 2009
The 400 richest Americans have so far weathered the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression with a combined $1.27 trillion, according to Forbes magazine’s annual list.
US Census Bureau report: 40 million living in poverty
By Kate Randall, September 30, 2009
The overall poverty rate in the US rose to 13.2 percent in 2008 as more workers lost their jobs across all sectors of the economy.
