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January 29, 2014
Alec MacGillis
The Inequality Speech That Wasn't
Obama's State of the Union went easy on class rhetoric
January 28, 2014
Noah Chestnut
17 Charts About Economic Inequality Obama Should Read Before The State of The Union
January 21, 2014
Mark Schmitt
Here's How We Should Think About the Inequality Debate
We need a whole new framework
January 14, 2014
Tod Lindberg
For Republicans, the Decline of Social Mobility is a Crisis
Why is the GOP suddenly talking poverty? Because it's harder to defend capitalism now.
January 2, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Clintons Embrace de Blasio's Inequality Rhetoric, Goldman Sachs' Speakers Fees
January 2, 2014
Reid Cherlin
Please, Liberals: Stop Abusing 'A Tale of Two Cities'
It was the best of lines, it was the worst of lines
January 2, 2014
Marc Tracy
How De Blasio’s Inauguration Hinted at Wider Implications
His focus on inequality is New York-centric. Will it be heard farther afield?
December 19, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Richard Florida, Mr. Creative Class, Is Now Mr. Rust Belt
But he's not sorry about Brooklynizing your neighborhood
December 16, 2013
Neera Tanden
Washington 'Centrists' Don't Want Obama to Target Inequality. They're Pushing Bad Politics—And Bad Economics
October 24, 2013
Marc Tracy
Ted Cruz Outs Himself as an Occupy Wall Street Supporter
September 18, 2013
Marc Tracy
How New York’s Unequal Economy Mirrors The National One
September 17, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Our Economic Security Report Card: Not So Good
September 6, 2013
Edward Glaeser
Even Bill de Blasio Won't Be Able to Fix Income Inequality
As mayor, he'd be battling the one percent—and history
May 21, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Weaseling Out of Obamacare
Nursing homes, fast-food restaurants think up ways to shirk employer responsibility
March 21, 2013
Judith Shulevitz
Sympathy for the Stay-at-Home Mom
An argument about work, life, and the modern calendar
February 28, 2013
Timothy Noah
The Six-Month Recovery
For the typical American, the economic rebound ended in May 2012
February 1, 2013
Timothy Noah
Labor of Love
The enforced happiness of Pret A Manger
November 16, 2012
Leon Wieseltier
Washington Diarist: Who By Water
Eyewitness Sandy: Reflections on a Disaster.
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The New Republic
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How the government failed the people of New Orleans
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Political equality is a farce and a peril unless there is at least some measure of economic equality.

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