Margot Sanger-Katz, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—We know that living in a poor community makes you less likely to live a long life....
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Republican House budget will shred the social safety net designed to protect the most vulnerable citizens,...
(Black Enterprise) – Brookings Institution recently revealed a new report comparing cities’ top earning households to their least earning. The report serves as an update to 2014 research exploring...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Income inequality is rising and it affects workers in every state, according to a new...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen million children were on food stamps as of last year, the highest number since the nation’s economy...
(Slate) – The most notable Republican reaction to President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night did not come from official respondent Joni Ernst,...
DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The richest 1 percent of the population will own more than half the world’s wealth by 2016, Oxfam International...
(The Globe and Mall) – Business leaders and politicians land in the posh Alpine town of Davos, Switzerland, this week where global inequality and what...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Key elements of the economic proposals President Barack Obama will outline in his State of the Union...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The extent of and continuing increase in inequality in the United States greatly concern me… I think it is appropriate...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Amid stagnant wages, nagging underemployment and unemployment, many families continue to struggle with their finances. Some may even have wondered: “Will...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he...
ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Improvements in life spans, education and incomes are slowing due to natural disasters, misguided government policies and worsening...
(CityLab) – Economic inequality has risen substantially in the United States over the past several decades, but its rise has been uneven across the 50 states....
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When John and Ann started working on January 1, 2013, John had an immediate advantage. Because women earn 77 cents...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Margarita “Maggie” Anderson wants to transform “Buy Black” from a leftover 1960s slogan to a modern economic empowerment strategy. And...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The wealth gap between African Americans and Whites has expanded in recent years and is not likely...
[NewsMax] Former President Jimmy Carter says the Bible is to blame for women’s making less money than men in the workplace. In an interview with NBC’s...
JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio used his first State of the City address Monday to press...
by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In last week’s State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama declared, “…Our success should depend not...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A new report confirms the old saw: The rich are getting richer. According to a report titled,...
[BBC] The income gap between the richest 1% of Americans and the other 99% widened to a record margin in 2012, according to an analysis...
[TheWorld.org] President Obama is scheduled to give a speech tomorrow in Illinois addressing the US economy. Home prices, stock prices, and retail sales have all rebounded...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The threat of an impending fiscal cliff has sparked intense conversations about whether upper income citizens are paying their fair...
[BET] Income inequality in the United States has increasingly led to a larger number of people gravitating to neighborhoods with residents who are of a similar...
