The debate in Congress is over how to help the overall economy, but there is an underlying issue highlighted by the Occupy Wall Street protests. It's the question of the gap between rich and poor - ...

This post was updated Nov. 9 at 11:25 p.m. UCLA became the first UC campus to launch an academic department dedicated to labor studies this fall. UCLA Labor Studies – which was previously an ...

There is a broad consensus that the impacts of climate change are not experienced equally. According to the World Bank, “The poorest and most vulnerable people bear the brunt of climate change impacts ...

Evidence from survey research suggests that most people in the United States recognize economic inequality as a social problem in our society. And many of us are willing to acknowledge that ...

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