Norman Solomon, AlterNet. November 6, 2008. Barack Obama won the presidency after clearly saying that he wants to spread the wealth. Let's make him do it.
Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. September 4, 2008. Last year was a weak financial time for working families, and a new report shows it reflected in our health.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. April 3, 2008. 40 years ago Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pointed to the link between war abroad and poverty at home. Sadly, his observation is just as true today.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. April 1, 2008. To have a truly productive conversation about race we must address the wealth disparities that perpetuate racial inequality.
John Miller, Dollars and Sense. February 8, 2008. The economic recovery underway since late 2001 is probably over. Too bad many Americans never got to experience it.
Gregory Clark, Princeton University Press. November 21, 2007. Is income from immigration the best hope for developing countries? Gregory Clark's book "A Farewell to Alms" explores the wealth, and the poverty, of nations.
Paul Harris, The Observer UK. July 30, 2007. The American Dream of riches for all has turned into a nightmare of inequality: welcome to Richistan, USA.
Brydie Ragan, YES! Magazine. July 25, 2007. The public generally believes that poor lifestyle choices, faulty genes and infectious agents are the major factors that give rise to illness. Here's the rest of the story.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. June 30, 2007. As mansions increasingly eat up the coasts and hillsides, an old saying rings true: "If a place is truly beautiful, you can't afford to be there."
James M. Cypher, Dollars and Sense. March 26, 2007. Not since the Gilded Age of the late 19th century has America witnessed such a rapid shift in the distribution of economic wealth as it has in the past 30 years.
Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. March 26, 2007. Why is The Secret, an Oprah Winfrey-endorsed documentary film and book package with a simplistic message that leads to more consumerism, topping Amazon's bestselling DVD list?
Bill McKibben, Mother Jones. March 22, 2007. The formula of human well-being used to be simple: Make money, get happy. So why is the old axiom suddenly turning on us?
