#Economic Inequality

Articles (21)

• 🇺🇸 'Why is this so high?' Electric bills in West Virginia now top mortgages despite Trump's promises — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  West Virginians are angry and perplexed over soaring utility costs in one of the most energy-rich, yet poorest, corners of America, where families have been forced to choose between paying for food or...

  Related: #Energy Poverty, #Political Accountability
• 🇺🇸 Trump promised to cut electric costs in half. Bills in energy-rich West Virginia now top mortgages — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Every month, Rebecca Michalski takes a deep breath before opening her electric bill. She lives on a fixed income, and heating her small house this winter has been staggering: Her February charge was $...

  Related: #Energy Policy, #Political Promises
• 🇺🇸 How Trump's tax law boosts the wealthy and leaves behind some workers he promised to help — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  President Donald Trump pledged “no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security.” For some who are filing their taxes this year, the reality is different.

  Related: #Tax Policy, #Political Promises
• 🇺🇸 Blue states' soak-the-rich bug infects Democrats in Congress who now want a federal wealth tax — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Cash-starved states run by Democrats are moving to squeeze more revenue out of their wealthiest residents with a new "millionaires tax" that they say makes the tax code more equitable.

  Related: #Taxation Policy, #Political Strategy, #Fiscal Federalism
• 🇺🇸 The uneven cost of tariffs: Why some households will pay more than others — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  Households experience the financial cost of tariffs differently based on factors such as household size and consumption, economists said.

  Related: #Trade Policy
• 🇬🇧 We can tell you who will really get rich from this oil crisis – and how we can stop them | Isabella Weber and Gregor Semieniuk — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Soaring oil costs signal the great transfer of wealth away from households, but also a new opportunity to redistribute it</p><p>The strait of Hormuz is now at the centre of the world. While the US-...

  Related: #Energy Policy
• 🇺🇸 Democrats must strike a sharp blow against economic royalists and win back middle America — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Democrats must take a populist economic campaign against the economic royalists who have benefited from Donald Trump's tax cuts and use the money to fund public health care programs and reduce the wea...

  Related: #Political Strategy
• 🇺🇸 As Americans struggle with rising costs, many states’ unemployment benefits fall short, analysis finds — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  The U.S. unemployment system is not prepared for a recession, with some states having failed to raise their maximum weekly benefit in decades, experts say.

  Related: #Unemployment Policy
• 🇺🇸 Iran war, oil price surge worsen K-shaped economy, say economists — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Rising oil prices and the fallout of the U.S.-Iran war are worsening the economic divide, experts say.

  Related: #Geopolitical Impact
• 🇺🇸 Some six-figure earners are still &apos;on thin ice&apos; in the K-shaped economy: &apos;A lot of factors&apos; could &apos;leave you exposed&apos; — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Some households earning $160,000 or more a year fall on the “thin ice” side of the K-shaped economy, a new report finds.

  Related: #Financial Risk
• 🇺🇸 Poor in an oil-rich country: Republic of Congo’s youth hope for change — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  In an oil-producing country where 60 percent of people are under 25, nearly half the population lives in poverty.

  Related: #Youth Activism
• 🇺🇸 At China’s Big Political Meeting, a Rare Debate About Inequality — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  China’s plan to raise pensions for farmers by less than $3 a month prompted rare criticism from lawmakers about the country’s threadbare social safety net.

  Related: #Political Debate
• 🇺🇸 Raise Taxes on the Rich? These Rich New Yorkers Are All for It. — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he wants to raise taxes on New Yorkers who earn more than $1 million per year. Some millionaires actually agree with him.

  Related: #Taxation
• 🇬🇧 ‘Everyone feels like they are being scammed’: can Central America’s small coffee growers survive as global prices fall? — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Family-run farms in El Salvador and Honduras face mounting losses, rising costs – and the need to adapt or be left behind</p><ul><li><p>Read more of our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-...

  Related: #Agricultural Crisis, #Global Trade
• 🇺🇸 Pell Grant funding shortfall on the horizon as nearly 2 million more students qualify — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Pell Grants, the federal financial aid program that helps low-income Americans afford college and has enjoyed broad bipartisan support, are projected to have big funding shortfalls that could jeopardi...

  Related: #Higher Education, #Financial Aid, #Government Funding, #Student Debt
• 🇺🇸 The &apos;Great Wealth Transfer&apos;: A $3 trillion opportunity for Black business owners is on the horizon — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Researchers forecast 6 million small- and medium-sized businesses, or SMBs, will be available for acquisition by 2035.

  Related: #Wealth Transfer, #Entrepreneurship, #Business Acquisition
• 🇬🇧 Student loan crisis in England and Wales is a scam on graduates, say angry MPs — 25/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Debate to take place in Westminster as some backbench Labour members join calls for a shake-up of the system</p><p>Angry backbench Labour MPs have attacked ministers over the student loans crisis, ...

  Related: #Student Debt Crisis, #Political Reform
• 🇺🇸 On South Africa's farms, there's push back against claims of genocide — 23/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump claims White farmers in South Africa are victims of a genocide. South Africans dispute his claim.

  Related: #Political Claims, #Racial Tensions, #Crime and Violence
• 🇺🇸 Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  The fight over inequality will define the 21st century.

  Related: #Political Populism, #Social Justice
• 🇺🇸 A Super Bowl in Silicon Valley Filled With Valley Billionaires — 07/02/2026 [USA]

  A who’s who of celebrities will join them. Just a little over 25 percent of the seats for the game will be for regular fans, with the cheapest ticket now selling for more than $4,000.

  Related: #Sports Economics, #Technology and Wealth
• 🇺🇸 Colleges with low-earning grads could lose access to student loans — 06/02/2026 [USA]

  About 40,000 U.S. students are enrolled in college programs that may be at risk of losing federal loans, a recent analysis found.

  Related: #Education Policy, #Student Loans, #For-Profit Colleges