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Al Behrman / AP When Home Values Suffer, Household Spending Does Too
In a nation where consumption makes up a significant share of the GDP, that’s not good for the economy.
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Reuters Hollywood Has No Business Case for Booking All-White Casts
Blaming the lack of diversity on customer preference, a recent analysis suggests, is an irresponsible punt.
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Mark Blinch / Reuters Google: Payday Loans Are Too Harmful to Advertise
The search engine’s new policy will hurt companies pitching high-interest loans, but how will it affect borrowers?
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Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters New Kinds of Lenders, Same Old Biases
Can alternative financing options create a more equitable system or are they doomed to repeat the same types of discrimination?
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters When the Rich Jump Ship
The accepted wisdom says to sit tight when the market tanks, but a couple of groups don’t heed that advice.
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J Pat Carter / AP Who Can Go After Banks for the Foreclosure Crisis?
Cities are arguing that they, too, were damaged by risky loans, and that they should be able to take the lenders to court to regain their losses.
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Ricardo Arduengo / AP Puerto Rico’s Biggest Default Yet
The island’s missed a major payment, and the next one could be even larger.
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Petros Giannakouris / AP A Conversation With Joseph Stiglitz
The Nobel-winning economist discusses the Fed, the election, and the role of economists in fixing inequality.
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AP / STILLFX / Shutterstock / Zak Bickel … How Segregation Has Persisted in Little Rock
Nearly 60 years after the integration of Central High, the city’s schools are still divided by race.
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AP The Founding Fathers Weren’t Concerned With Inequality
Economic disparity is a problem that has grown along with the nation.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Not All Money Troubles Are Created Equal
In the U.S., even though all groups can suffer from financial insecurity, blacks and Hispanics have it much worse.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters Poverty, Compounded
Staying poor isn’t just a matter of having too little money—it’s about a series of unstable circumstances that build upon each other.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters How the Tax-Prep Industry Takes Advantage of Low-Income Filers
A new report finds that some Americans are giving away nearly 25 percent of their refund for services they could get for free.
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AP The Case for a New WPA
When the government pays for people to work, they get out of poverty, a new study finds.
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Mark Clifton / Flickr What Now for North Carolina’s Protesting Businesses?
PayPal, Deutsche Bank, and B-Lab all took strong stances against the state’s so-called “bathroom bill.” Now the question is whether they will be placated by the governor’s recent response.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters Paying Women Equally Would Be a Boon for 'Everyone Else,' Too
This matters. And yet, it’s kind of frustrating that this is such a common argument for why women should earn more.
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AlexeiLogvinovich / Shutterstock / Flickr / Paul Spella … When Religious Groups Do What the Government Won't
Are faith-based programs for the poor a problem when there's no secular alternative?
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Is America Having the Wrong Conversation About Income Inequality?
One sociologist says that there’s too much of a focus on giving out more college degrees, getting more people married, and making elite workplaces more diverse.
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Patrick Semansky / AP Why Do Some Poor Kids Thrive?
Researchers tracked hundreds of students in Baltimore to find out what top achievers had that others didn’t.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The End of Welfare as We Know It
America’s once-robust safety net is no more.
