America's Economic Dark Side. Widening Social Inequality, Rising Poverty and Joblessness
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-31
This incisive ad timely article was first published in October 2013 | Former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich explained, saying: | "Of all developed nations, the United States has the most unequal distribution of income, and we're surging towards every greater | …
globalresearch.ca/americas-economic-dark-side-widening-social-inequality-rising-poverty-and-joblessness/5354970

Tax on Super-Rich a Popular Idea, Except in the Media
Linda McQuaig | commondreams.org | 2019-08-31
A new Abacus poll shows that 67 percent of Canadians support (or somewhat support) a wealth tax. (Photo: AFP/Getty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2017-10-11_at_2.17.03_pm.png …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/31/tax-super-rich-popular-idea-except-media?cd-origin=rss

The Pentagon's Map of Afghanistan: An Eldorado of Mineral Wealth and Natural Resources
Nikolai Malishevski | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-31
Of relevance to an understanding America's military and economic agenda in Afghanistan. First published in August 2012 | Curious information surfaced in the media [2012] — based on space reconnaissance, the US Department of Defense put together a map of Afghanistan …
globalresearch.ca/the-pentagon-s-map-of-afghanistan-an-eldorado-of-mineral-wealth-and-natural-resources/32265

Hong Kong mass rally banned as Chinese troops deployed in show of force
wsws.org | 2019-08-30
Beijing is well aware that the protracted protests are being driven by underlying student and working class concerns about escalating social inequality.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/30/hong-a30.html

After Man Serves 35 Years in Prison for $50 Robbery, US 'Should Be Ashamed of System We Allow'
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-30
"Wealthy CEOs and business executives steal millions of dollars from the public and never go to jail." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/alvin-kennard-injustice.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/30/after-man-serves-35-years-prison-50-robbery-us-should-be-ashamed-system-we-allow?cd-origin=rss

Just Ahead of Labor Day, Trump Floats Tax Cut Condemned as 'Pure Giveaway to Wealthy'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-30
"Apart from just sending millionaires checks, it's hard to think of a tax cut more targeted to the ultra-rich." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_tax_cut.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/30/just-ahead-labor-day-trump-floats-tax-cut-condemned-pure-giveaway-wealthy?cd-origin=rss

CEO Compensation Increased 940% Between 1978 and 2018, Workers' Only by 12%
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-29
An Economic Policy Institute study shows that the dramatic increase in CEO compensation has a large impact on increasing inequality–worker pay could have doubled without the rise in CEO income…
therealnews.com/stories/ceo-compensation-increased-940-between-1978-and-2018-workers-only-by-12

Justifications for Inequality: The Neuroses of Kochland
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-29
One of the brothers Koch, David, has shuffled off this mortal coil, and the pious few looking at his passing may well think he is making it tough for camels passing through needles. As part of the Brothers Koch, he presided over a corporate empire that did its pinching best to wrest control from the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/justifications-for-inequality-the-neuroses-of-kochland/

Taxpayers Have Been Ordered to Pay Over $2 Million For Discriminating Against LGBTQ People
aclu.org | 2019-08-29
Government officials should know that discrimination comes with a cost to taxpayers. | Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that the Commonwealth of Kentucky was liable for $224,000 for the actions of Kim Davis, who refused to do her job and issue marriage licenses (to same-sex or different-sex couples) as county clerk. | While Davis' story made national headlines, her case isn't the only one in the past year where a court case filed by the ACLU has led to a bill for discriminatio…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/lgbt-nondiscrimination-protections/taxpayers-have-been-ordered-pay-over-2-million

Racial Inequality Is Rooted in Denial of Home and Land Ownership
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-28
The racial wealth gap in the US is directly linked to the ways in which Blacks were prevented from home and property ownership, while the government gave whites many opportunities for such ownership. We discuss the issue with Mehrsa Baradaran, author of "The Color of Money"
therealnews.com/stories/racial-inequality-is-rooted-in-denial-of-home-and-land-ownership

Will Yemen Be Divided Again?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-28
A BRIEF INTRODUCTORY HISTORY Yemen is located in what has historically been considered the finest part of the Arab Peninsula, which has prompted numerous attempts to take control of the area. Before oil was found elsewhere on the Peninsula, Yemen was also seen as having the largest concentration of natural wealth. At that time, Saudi …
uwidata.com/5126-will-yemen-be-divided-again/

Foreign Correspondent: What is the U.S. Role in the Hong Kong Protests?
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-08-26
Despite legitimate concern over economic inequality there, the movement has pro-Western elements and has been encouraged by Washington in familiar, odious ways.
progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent-us-role-hong-kong-protests-erlich-190826/

SPLC publishes Opportunity Costs: Unequal Justice in Alabama's Community Corrections Programs
splcenter.org | 2019-08-15
A new investigative report published today by the Southern Poverty Law Center reveals serious flaws in Alabama's community corrections programs, an otherwise promising system for diverting people from the state's prisons.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/15/splc-publishes-opportunity-costs-unequal-justice-alabamas-community-corrections-programs

SPLC statement on Mississippi immigration raids
splcenter.org | 2019-08-08
Southern Poverty Law Center Attorney Julia Solórzano, with the SPLC's Immigrant Justice Project, issued the following statement on today's workplace raids in Mississippi:…
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/07/splc-statement-mississippi-immigration-raids