Inequality in America
Social crisis in Detroit: Food banks struggle to meet need
June 18, 2008
The World Socialist Web Site interviewed workers and professionals in Detroit about the worsening social conditions as gas prices and food prices soar. Larry Porter speaks with Wayne Wells, the presid...
Social crisis in Detroit:
June 15, 2008
As part of a series of investigative reports on the social crisis in Detroit, the World Socialist Web Site interviewed workers and professionals in the city about the worsening conditions as gas price...
Social crisis in Detroit:
June 15, 2008
The World Socialist Web Site interviewed workers and professionals in Detroit about the worsening social conditions as gas prices and food prices soar through the roof. In this clip, our reporters spo...
Social crisis in Detroit:
June 15, 2008
As part of a series of investigative reports on the social crisis in Detroit, the World Socialist Web Site interviewed workers and professionals in the city about the worsening conditions as gas price...
Social crisis in Detroit:
June 15, 2008
For several weeks, the World Socialist Web Site has interviewed working people in Detroit about the worsening social conditions as gas prices and food prices skyrocket. In this segment, our reporters ...
Two decades of rising inequality
Recession intensifies social polarization in the US
By Debra Watson, June 7, 2002
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Reports document the impact of US welfare reform
By Alan Whyte, March 14, 2001
While politicians across the United States have hailed the recent cuts in the welfare rolls, very little attention is being paid to what actually happens to those individuals who lose their public ass...
US has highest childhood poverty rate of industrialized countries
By Paul Scherrer, March 14, 2001
The United States, with more than one in five children living in poverty, has the highest rate of childhood poverty among the nations that comprise the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Develo...
US executive compensation rose 16 percent in 2000
By Shannon Jones, February 28, 2001
The results of a study conducted by Pearl Meyers and Partners, a New York-based executive compensation consulting firm, show that salaries and other benefits for top US corporate officers, already at ...
New York denies asthma treatment to homeless children
Federal class action lawsuit filed
By Fred Mazelis, March 23, 2000
A class action lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court in New York on March 16 charging that New York City and State authorities systematically deny adequate medical treatment for homeless childre...
California: a case study in inequality
By Don Knowland, March 7, 2000
A series of recent reports have highlighted the growing inequalities in wealth and income in the midst of an economic "boom" in California. The release of these studies prompted the Los Angeles Times ...
New report documents growing social inequality in the US
By David Walsh, January 19, 2000
A report issued Tuesday by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute, both based in Washington, points to the extraordinary growth of social polarization in the Unit...
