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How did inequality spiral out of control? If you’ve never watched a video of mine, please watch this one.

How Wealth Inequality Spiraled Out of Control | Robert ReichHere it is: The full story of wealth inequality in America.The top 1% holds 15x more wealth than the bottom 50% combinedwww.youtube.com

The greatest threat to American democracy is income inequality

Opinion: Lawmakers banned a hand up for Iowa’s families

Lawmakers banned a hand up for Iowa’s familiesWhen debating the bill to ban guaranteed income, some of my colleagues claimed people would stop working. Not only do the UpLift pilot results prove them wrong, but the resultswww.thegazette.com

The OBBBA was sold as tax relief for working families. But a year later, many Americans see a different reality: the biggest benefits are flowing upward, not delivering meaningful relief for working households that are facing the greatest economic pressures. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

Americans are working more, but losing control over their time. Unlike peer countries, the US has failed to pair a two-income economy with the policies that make that model sustainable, namely affordable child and elder care and serious workplace protections around scheduling.

That raise is long overdue, but it isn’t enough on its own. A stronger wage floor must be paired with just-cause protections, stronger enforcement against wage theft, and indexing the minimum wage so Congress can't let it stagnate for another 17 years.

Federal Employment Standards as the Foundation of Economic Security: Revisiting Minimum Wage, Just Cause, and Tools to Combat Wage TheftPatrick Oakford proposes raising the minimum wage to 2/3 of median earnings ($20 per hour by 2030), implementing just-cause protections, and expanding wage theft enforcement to restore economic securi...rooseveltinstitute.org

Today marks 17 years since Congress last raised the federal minimum wage. It's the longest stretch without an increase since 1938. Adjusted for inflation, it’s at its lowest value in nearly 70 years, per @cepr.org. A wage floor that leaves workers in poverty isn't much of a floor.

"If it wasn't for that one moment, I don't know where I would be," she told Business Insider.

A former basic income recipient used her $500 a month check to start a business. It's keeping her afloat 4 years later.Crystal Crawford, 40, received $500 a month for one year after a job loss. She still worries about savings, but feels more financially stable.www.businessinsider.com

Since July 2025, at least 1.5M kids have lost SNAP, in part due to the harmful Republican reconciliation law. This unfolding emergency will worsen without immediate congressional action to delay this cost shift. www.cbpp.org/blog/number-...

Number of Children Receiving SNAP Continues to Drop Under Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation LawIn the 19 states with publicly available data or that have shared unpublished data, the harmful Republican reconciliation law has taken SNAP food assistance away from more than 1 million children...www.cbpp.org

NEW: Voters support placing a tax on AI companies to fund various proposals, including a new jobs training program for displaced workers (74%), a new jobs creation program (74%), expanded unemployment insurance (70%), and Universal Basic Income (59%).

"Zero or very minimal." That is the observed impact on inflation of universal basic income in the Marshall Islands after its first 9 months of being the first country in the world with a UBI permanently implemented.