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For an interactive version of this chart and more on racial inequality, click the link to our Facts section:
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The Black unemployment rate has surged from 6.0% in May to 7.2% in July, the highest level since the height of the pandemic. That’s a full percentage point jump in just two months, and nearly double the 3.7 percent rate for white workers, according to the latest BLS jobs report.
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Despite cries of bread lines from critics, publicly-owned grocery stores are a great fix to the warped market incentives that are leaving millions of Americans stranded in food deserts.
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As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s public ownership proposal offers a solution to market failures.
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Mind you, this “first step” payment comes as Tesla's global sales are falling.
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Our @IPS_DC Associate Fellow @AZBobLord has not yet made it onto the cover of @rollingstone but he's got a great piece in there .
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Over the past dozen or so years, about half the concentration of wealth in the U.S. has benefited just 19 families.
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For more charts on the big ugly budget bill, click the link:
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The GOP reconciliation plan’s potential impacts on death, hunger, and disparity by the numbers.
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The amount the wealthy can inherit without paying tax is set to revert to $14M this year, but the recently-passed GOP budget bill hikes the exemption to $30M. Wealthy heirs will enjoy a one-time tax savings of $6.4M, while 99.8% of American families will not get a SINGLE penny.
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In order to get back in power, Dems will need to win back the working-class voters that shifted away from them last election. According to a meta-analyses of polls by the Center for Working-Class Politics, the best way to do that is with economic populism
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New research from the Center for Working-Class Politics shows that progressive economic policies can bring working-class Trump supporters back into the Democratic Party.
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When would-be developers of Hanscom Field’s proposed expansion argued “ferry flight reduction” would balance out an additional 6,000 private jet flights annually, @Chuck99to1 of @IPS_DC came to @BosPublicRadio with the facts. @stopprivatejets
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Tired of defense? Join our team at this event on 7/17. Our co-editor @sarahdanderson1 will talk econ justice with.🎙️ @MorePerfectUS .🎙️ @jwjnational .🎙️ @saket_soni, @ResilienceForce.@Chuck99to1 will talk climate justice w/@sunrisemvmt & others. RSVP:
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The Institute for Policy Studies, The Nation, and Public Citizen in partnership with the Wallace Global Fund present the 2nd Annual Henry A. Wallace Symposium.
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Our co-editor @SarahDAnderson1 of @IPS_DC will be speaking at this event on 7/25 to mark a historic milestone for USPS and defend this vital public service against privatization attacks. #SaveUSPS.
The NRLCA will be sponsoring two events celebrating the 250th anniversary of the @USPS in Jefferson County, WV, the birthplace of Rural Free Delivery. Join us in person or via livestream on Thursday, July 24 and/or Friday, July 25. Register here:
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Chronic underfunding has led school districts to rely more heavily on Wall Street debt and financial schemes. Trump withholding over $6 billion in grants will only worsen the situation, writes Occidental's Claire Cahen.
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Federal funding cuts will only worsen school districts' damaging dependence on debt.
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Here's our top 10 list of the ugliest parts of the big ugly bill.
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The new law slashes vital services to pay for tax cuts for the rich and massive hikes in military and deportation funding.
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Join Inequality and the rest of the IPS team next Thursday, July 17th, online or in-person for a set of exciting conversations about the future of the progressive movement. Register here:
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