(2019-07-10). How Multinationals Pad Their Budgets With the Wealth of Developing Countries. commondreams.org In 2015, Global Financial Integrity (GFI) published a study revealing that in 2013 an astounding US$1.1 trillion was stolen annually—or nearly $3 billion a day—from developing countries due to trade mispricing. (Photo: The Weekly Bull/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/economists.jpeg …
(2019-07-10). America's real divide isn't left vs. right. It's democracy vs. oligarchy. nationofchange.org I keep hearing that the Democratic party has moved "left" and that some Democratic candidates may be "too far left". But in this era of unprecedented concentration of wealth and political power at the top, I can't help wondering what it means to be "left". A half-century ago, when America had a large and growing …
(2019-07-10). A quarter of Pacific islanders live below 'basic needs poverty lines', top UN development forum hears. un.org While progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been made over the past four years, some vulnerable island States are losing momentum in the race to 2030, according to discussions at the United Nations' annual High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) on Wednesday.
(2019-07-10). CBO analysis shows $15 federal minimum wage would raise pay for 27 million workers and lift 1.3 million out of poverty. nationofchange.org A Congressional Budget Office analysis published Monday showed that raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 would significantly increase pay for over 27 million workers and lift 1.3 million people—including hundreds of thousands of children—out of poverty. The CBO also found that more than doubling the federal minimum wage would boost the income …
(2019-07-10). Only a mass movement can bring about a Green New Deal. nationofchange.org Ours is an age of crisis. Britain faces a crisis of inequality, with the Tories' brutal austerity program leaving schoolchildren eating from bins and 14 million people living in poverty, whilst the obscene riches of the 1% accumulate yet further. At the same time, we face planetary collapse, with just 11 years left to stop runaway warming. …
(2019-07-10). How to Pay for It All: An Option the Candidates Missed. dissidentvoice.org The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from a Universal Basic Income to Medicare for All to a Green New Deal to student …
(2019-07-09). Inequality metrics and the question of power. mronline.org 
How should we measure inequality? | Source
(2019-07-09). Global response to poverty and environmental goals 'not ambitious enough'. un.org The global response to realizing poverty and environmental goals agreed by world leaders in 2015 has not been "ambitious enough" according to the UN Secretary-General.
(2019-07-09). Billionaire and former presidential candidate Ross Perot is dead at 89. rt.com 
Independent presidential candidate and wealthy philanthropist Ross Perot has passed away at the age of 89, after a battle with leukemia.
(2019-07-09). Global conflict situations, poverty lead to rise in mental health crises. wsws.org US imperialism and its allies bear principal responsibility for the wars and military interventions that have wrought devastation throughout the world.
(2019-07-09). From donor to Democrat candidate: Tom 'Need to impeach' Steyer declares his 2020 run. rt.com 
Tom Steyer, a wealthy liberal activist and fundraiser, has announced that he will seek the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential race, shifting gears from his failed campaign to impeach President Donald Trump.
(2019-07-08). Growing old in America: Baby Boomer nightmare. mronline.org 
Despite its reputation as the wealthiest generation, baby boomers (generally considered to be those born between 1946 and 1964) are facing a retirement nightmare. | Source
(2019-07-04). Pay packet inequality growing worldwide, says new UN report. un.org Top earners around the world have seen their share of national income rise in the last decade and a half, while everyone else has seen their pay packets shrink by comparison, UN economists reported on Thursday.
(2019-06-18). Report: Louisiana schools fall short on collecting, publishing policing data. splcenter.org As the presence of law enforcement officers in schools continue to grow in Louisiana and nationally, school policing data is not being made readily available to Louisiana's citizens as required by federal law, according to a report that the Southern Poverty Law Center released today.