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Inequality.org has been tracking inequality-related news and views for nearly two decades. A project of the Institute for Policy Studies since 2011, the site aims to provide information and insights for readers ranging from educators and journalists to activists and policy makers. Its focus throughout: What can we do to narrow the staggering economic inequality that so afflicts us in almost every aspect of our lives?

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The Reality for the Middle Classes behind the supposedly “Surging” U.S. Economy

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The black unemployment rate remains more than twice as high as the rate for whites and it has increased from 6.5% in April 2018

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Prison Workers Strike Nation-wide against Modern Slavery, Dehumanizing Conditions

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By Fizz Perkal | – (Inequality.org) – A nationwide strike takes charge at everything from slavery to sentencing. Organizers say it could be the largest U.S. prison resistance action to date. As wildfires rage across California, some of the people risking their lives to fight them are paid only a few dollars a day. These […]