This is Not Class Warfare!
The Mind the Gap! campaign is born out of our belief that wealth inequality reduces everyone’s quality of life, divides our communities, and threatens our democracy—In other words, this issue affects...
View ArticleHow Did We Get Here?
We know there is a wealth gap, but how did it come to be? Is it natural? Inevitable?read more
View ArticleFrames for Economic Justice
Last week, I attended a United for a Fair Economy “Training of the Trainers” workshop in Baltimore. In one of my favorite activities, we participants brainstormed a list of the values, images, and...
View ArticleRace, Wealth, and Intergenerational Poverty
Article: There will never be a post-racial America if the wealth gap persists.read more
View ArticleBlog: Ways to Address Budget Deficits AND the Wealth Gap
Stephanie Niedringhaus Stephanie NiedringhausDespite political posturing by some, we are encouraged by the growing realization that addressing our nation’s wealth gap AND budget deficits must include...
View ArticleBlog: Ways to Address Budget Deficits AND the Wealth Gap
Despite political posturing by some, we are encouraged by the growing realization that addressing our nation’s wealth gap AND budget deficits must include much-needed reforms of tax code provisions...
View ArticleAct Now! Sign Our Petition to President Obama
We call on President Obama to convene a White House Summit to explore the causes and consequences of the current wealth gap in the United States, and develop a response.We, the American people, need to...
View ArticleNew Quiz:The Global Gap!
Test you knowledge of international wealth disparity with this new quiz!read more
View ArticleYour Federal Taxpayer Receipt
Understand how and where your tax dollars are being spent. read more
View ArticleAll about taxes! Three new resources!
Here at NETWORK, we’ve been talking a lot about taxes lately: why are they important, where does our nation stand in terms of tax policy, and what are we advocating for? It’s a confusing, number-heavy,...
View ArticleFact Sheet: The Food System and the Wealth Gap
The Farm Bill’s food basket programs such as SNAP, WIC, and Child Nutrition have obvious connections to the wealth gap. The other half of the Farm Bill- dealing directly with farms and agriculture- may...
View ArticleRacial Wealth Gap in the News
The PEW Research Center released a new report on the racial wealth gap this morning. The publications affirms that the gap between people of color and white people is widening- and is now at its...
View ArticleHow Did We Get Here: Decline of Labor Movement
The percent of American workers belonging to a union has been in decline since the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947. The fall in union membership has contributed to increasing wage inequality...
View ArticleTalking to the Rich About Wealth Disparity
We all understand intuitively why people with the least amount of wealth should be upset by huge and growing disparity in the United States, but what about that 1%? Or the 0.1%?read more
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