Stories tagged: "income inequality"

Crime Police officers respond to a crime scene in Brooklyn, New York where a 23-year-old man was discovered with gunshot wounds before being transported to a hospital where he died from his injuries. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Crime Gun Crime Is Up and Trump’s Policies Will Only Exacerbate It

As the GOP fails to act on gun violence, income inequality and inflammatory rhetoric are only making the problem worse across the nation in Republican and Democratic cities alike.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright August 28, 2020 4:09 pm EDT
Business Wilkin Soto works on a customer at the Castillo Barbershop, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Lawrence, Mass. The U.S. unemployment rate fell unexpectedly in May to 13.3% — still on par with what the nation witnessed during the Great Depression — as states loosened their coronavirus lockdowns and businesses began recalling workers. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Business Trump Thinks the Economy Is Back on Track, But COVID-19 Is Widening the Racial Divide

These diverging jobless rates could only be caused by one thing, said one economic expert: racial discrimination.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil June 11, 2020 3:55 pm EDT
Arizona Photo by Bart Everson.
Arizona How Hard the Pandemic Has Hit Low-Income Arizonians

Arizona's working class is feeling the financial strains of the coronavirus pandemic much more deeply than those making six figures, according to recent polling.

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner May 29, 2020 10:18 am EDT