Capital & Main has embarked on a yearlong project exploring what has become another “inconvenient truth” — the pain that economic inequality has brought to America.
Co-published by The Guardian and Fast Company
A crop of presidential candidates is pushing proposals aimed at Americans who work hard but feel they’re not getting their share of the pie.
An estimated 41.4 percent of the total U.S. population — 135 million people — are either poor or low-income.
Here’s what former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who narrated this video on the series, has said about the project: “It’s so important for fact-based news outlets to shine a light on the defining issue of our time. ‘United States of Inequality’ is a timely reporting project.”
An Economic Policy Institute study concluded that rideshare drivers nationwide take home an average of $9.21 an hour after expenses.
The Chicago Teachers Union framed its fight as a struggle against the city’s gross inequities between rich and poor families.
What does a Pittsburgh race for district attorney have to do with the 2020 presidential election?
Among Future of Work Commission members, there has been more talk about the impact of the gig economy than the implications of artificial intelligence.
Where Elizabeth Warren and Gavin Newsom’s plans to reinvest in public schools most diverge is on funding mechanisms. Liz has one; Gavin doesn’t.
As the full scope of AB 5’s passage grows clearer, independent contractors in a few fields fear the new law could hurt them.