income inequality
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PublishedJune 28, 2020
Our View: In Maine, nationwide, COVID exposes built-in racism
It's no coincidence that people of color are far more likely to be infected by the novel coronavirus.
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PublishedMay 4, 2020
Maine Voices: COVID hits hard on the working poor
People who live paycheck to paycheck can't take the steps to protect their health that are available to their better-off neighbors.
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PublishedApril 28, 2020
Commentary: Rich are getting richer, despite the pandemic
As billionaires' wealth continues to balloon, it’s time for them to pay their fair share in taxes.
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PublishedApril 26, 2020
Insight: Reopening the economy after COVID
Deciding how and when to restart American businesses is ultimately a nonpolitical question that we should all help answer.
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PublishedApril 24, 2020
Maine Voices: A real world is out there. It invites our attention
Campaigns – for president and Congress – are not bothering to acknowledge our critical situation or address its causes and remedies.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2020
Insight: Market crash could be silver lining in coronavirus response
If wealthy people weren't seeing their stocks lose value, we might still be downplaying the pandemic risk.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2020
Women thrive in Northeast U.S., languish across the South
The annual Bloomberg analysis measures factors such as labor-force participation, education, political representation, health care and corporate leadership.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2020
Commentary: What Michael Bloomberg will never understand
We need a leader who will work with those affected by greed, racism and sexism instead of discounting, dismissing or silencing them.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2019
Insight: Jimmy Hoffa casts a long shadow over unions
Through works like 'The Irishman,' the notorious Teamsters president still links organized labor in the public imagination with organized crime.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2019
Americans now need at least $500,000 a year to enter top 1%
The income needed to exit the bottom 99% of U.S. taxpayers hit $515,371 in 2017, according to Internal Revenue Service data.
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