The UMass professor details a reduction in wage inequality unseen in the U.S. in half a century.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
The Department of Justice’s Legal Love Letter to Moderna
This story has been retracted.
Posted inWorking in America
Hard Times in the Back Yard
Bailed-out major airlines have outsourced ground work to subcontractors. Injuries and fatalities on the tarmac are taking off.
Posted inEducation in America
Right-Wing School Board Groups Posted Losses at the Ballot Box
Voters rejected groups like Moms for Liberty. But conservative activists don’t need a majority to whittle away trust in public education.
Posted inWorking in America
Kaiser Workers Say They Want the Old Kaiser Back
Once known for strong employee-management relations, its workers now say staffing and pay need to rise to attract and retain the staff Kaiser needs.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Your Guide to the Hottest Fall Trends of 2023
The leaves may change but the bullsh*t remains the same.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Poverty Yo-Yo
New Census Bureau statistics show that abandoning the successful anti-poverty interventions of the pandemic has put the nation right back where it started.
Posted inBooks
A Hemmed-In Presidency
In ‘The Last Politician,’ Franklin Foer unfolds Joe Biden’s record of achievement and command. But voters haven’t gotten to see it.
Posted inBooks
Clinton’s Backwash
To make sense of Ron DeSantis, who trolls a liberal elite that has not faced its own failures, a former teammate reflects on their time playing baseball at Yale in the 1990s.
Posted inEconomic Policy
This Economy Is Breaking All the Rules—and Thriving
A COVID-driven recession with temporary inflation is now followed by a strong recovery that follows no standard models.