Inequality in America
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.
Detroit residents speak on utility bills, social crisis
September 25, 2009
Several thousand Detroit residents attended an event hosted by DTE Energy to provide assistance to customers with difficulties paying their utility bills.
Thousands line up for utility bill assistance in Detroit
By Shannon Jones, September 25, 2009
In a sign of the immense social crisis in the United States, thousands of Detroit residents lined up Wednesday seeking assistance with utility bills.
US: 2008 census figures show severe impact of recession on workers
By Jerry White, September 23, 2009
The US Census Bureau’s 2008 American Community Survey Data provides a picture of the social distress produced by the worst economic recession in decades.
US poverty rate hits 11-year high
By Shannon Jones, September 11, 2009
Data released by the US Census Bureau Thursday show a sharp rise in poverty in 2008 along with a fall in median income and an increase in the number of Americans without health insurance.
US income gap widest since 1917
By Bill Van Auken, August 19, 2009
The social chasm separating America’s financial oligarchy from working people is wider than at any time since 1917, according to the latest statistics from the Internal Revenue Service.
Paulson and Goldman Sachs: A dirty secret of the Wall Street bailout
By Barry Grey, August 11, 2009
An article in Sunday’s New York Times sheds a measure of light on the corrupt relationship between government officials and the banks which underlies the multi-trillion-dollar bailout of Wall Street...
US cities criminalize homelessness
By Ali Ismail, August 10, 2009
As the economic crisis continues to intensify, scores of US cities are enacting undemocratic laws that criminalize homelessness and trample on the rights of the growing number of homeless individuals ...
Nancy Pelosi’s summer vacation
By Tom Eley, August 8, 2009
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will start the congressional recess with a two-day long meeting, unfolding at two of her multi-million dollar California residences, for top donors to the Democratic Part...
