Only the oldest amongst my readers will remember Edward R. Murrow’s 1960 CBS TV report Harvest of Shame (opens CBS channel on YouTube) that reported on migrant farm workers, including scenes from upstate NY and Long Island. Unfortunately, not a lot … Continue reading
Reich is offering an online course, “Wealth & Poverty”, that started today. I watched the first lecture, “What Happened to Income and Wealth?” Looks like this will be worth some ongoing effort. I suggest being ready at the fast forward … Continue reading
In the last couple of years articles have begun to appear with titles like: When Private Equity Becomes Your Landlord Where Have All the Houses Gone: Private Equity, Single-Family Rentals, and America’s Neighborhoods Meet the Latest Housing-Crisis Scapegoat Wall Street … Continue reading
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Here is a book review I posted on markorton.com 3.24.2001 When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor – book review When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban … Continue reading
Original posting – 3.6.2023 Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City[note]Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Penguin Books, 2016)[/note], has a new book Poverty, by America set to be released shortly. … Continue reading
Today, March 14, 2023 is Equal Pay Day “This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.”[note]https://www.pay-equity.org/day.html[/note] Women have to work a fifth of a year longer to make … Continue reading
Use of the word inequality hides the real issues. Continue reading
If you are struggling to get your head around how racism works you will probably find it helpful to have a general framework as a guide. This one hour lecture from 2017 features an overview by Brown University Professor Tricia … Continue reading
Tightrope provides a well-written description of the American crisis through personal stories and hard data. Unfortunately it falls flat in its call for action. Continue reading
Essay explores the grim reality of life in one small corner of America within the broader landscape of the bottom 90%. Continue reading