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A new study shows the legacy of racism far outweighs individual financial decisions in driving the growing gap between black and white families.
New research holds inequality directly responsible for the crushing depth of the Great Recession.
Trump’s tax proposals, which shift like desert sands in a windstorm, would lavish vast new tax breaks on people like himself
Fire-breathing rhetoric, or raving three a.m. tweets, may assuage the anger of those left behind by the Reagan revolution, at least for a while. But for how long? And what happens then?
Economic inequality leads to racism, xenophobia and plutocracy.
Bringing white voters who defected to Donald Trump into the fold would make the Democratic Party a formidable force, but not if it means marginalizing the concerns of people of color.
Don’t take down the barricades. Inequality remains extreme and continues to widen. And the populist uprisings that have roiled American politics have clear opportunities to tackle the core problem after the election.
‘The problem that has been exposed by the way Trump does his taxes is endemic and encouraged by the laws that our politicians – Democrats and Republicans – have passed.’
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