Even before Wall Street’s dramatic mood swings, many Americans have been feeling left behind in the decade following the Great Recession.
By some metrics, racial disparities between blacks and whites in Minnesota are among the nation’s worst.
Unlike the rest of the country, North Carolina has seen a surge in the percentage of people living in or near poverty.
Opponents of Measure A, led by the real estate industry, have spent $1.72 million to defeat the anti-sprawl ballot initiative.
L.A. Trade-Tech’s student body resembles the blue-collar bloc that helped elect Obama.
California’s economy is booming, but the state’s poorest residents are falling further and further behind.
Los Angeles is the latest city where criminal justice reformers are running against traditional law-and-order incumbents.
Calvin Wongus has had no trouble finding employment in the tight labor market. But for the poorest workers like himself, the jobs have been low-paying and part-time.
Poorest households see real incomes drop in 13 states, have slower growth than under Obama in 36 states.
The presidential candidate has staked out a political stance between incremental change and panic over our warming planet.
