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Another Reason for the Right to Hate Science

Conservatives expected human genome research to help prove that nature, not unequal social orders, determines who ends up sick and poor. But our genes have refused to cooperate. A clinical psychologist noted for his observations on how inequality impacts what's...

The Difference More Global Equality Could Make

Despite our current global economic hard times, says a new study from banking giant Credit Suisse, the world has more than enough wealth to ensure every adult on it a significant personal net-worth nest egg. By Sam Pizzigati Who owns, right now, the wealth of the...

Recovery Why Our CEOs Dont Give a Hoot

Over recent decades, recoveries from U.S. recessions have become steadily weaker and weaker. Over these same decades, executive pay has been steadily soaring. Could these two trends be somehow related? Shocking new economic realities don’t suddenly jump up onto...

Aristocracy 101 Open Enrollment for Swells

The nation's public colleges and universities are currently facing unprecedented budget shortfalls and cutbacks. Elite private institutions, meanwhile, are sitting on piles of endowment cash and, says a chilling new study, still reserving huge numbers of seats for the...

Washington at Work — for the Wealthy

The federal government, right-wingers insist, is going crazy sharing the nation's wealth. In fact, eye-opening new research documents, Uncle Sam isn't sharing the nation's wealth. He's concentrating it. Scroll through the right-wing blogosphere, or listen in at a Tea...

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