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A new report found stark racial inequality across California. Advocates hope that the 2022 state budget will offer some solutions. -
Joel Muniz/UnsplashSeven in 10 Californians say the gap between rich and poor is getting larger, according to a statewide survey.
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Independent researchers found that the first year of a universal basic income experiment in Stockton, Calif., measurably improved recipients' job prospects, financial stability and overall well-being. -
Incomes are rising in Oregon, as portrayed by several sets of numbers. In fact, the state's median income rose above the national median for the first鈥� -
The last two American elections have shown a desire to rip up the old and build something new. But the greatest source of frustration--economic鈥� -
Imagine a world of greater equality, and you may be willing to follow Martin Schoenhals down the path of "radical equality." That is what he espouses in鈥� -
By many measures of societal well-being, the USA is not number one. The American Dream or something like it is more of a reality in Denmark. So say the鈥� -
If you're concerned about upward mobility for your kids in today's society, you might want to move. Evidence suggests upward mobility is greater for鈥� -
The fictional Ebenezer Scrooge said of the world "There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty." We comfort ourselves by thinking, nearly 200 years鈥� -
The infant mortality rate in the United States has been steadily declining over time. One problem, though: the rate for African-Americans is roughly twice鈥� -
Got 20 cents? Those two dimes represent the difference between what men and women make on EVERY dollar. True: women make, on average, 80 cents for every鈥� -
We live in an age of unprecedented, irreversible decline鈥攐r so we鈥檙e often told.Jonathan Tepperman鈥檚 The Fix: How Countries Use Crises to Solve the鈥� -
Listen carefully to people in the political system who complain about the uneven distribution of wealth. They are generally very careful to say that they鈥� -
The income concerns of people from the middle class on down provide the two topics for this week's VENTSday segment. We want to gather your thoughts on鈥�
