wages

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  6/29/2020
  

  The Surprising Cross-Racial Saga of Modern Wealth Inequality

  by Adolph Reed Jr.

  A political scientist argues that the black-white wealth gap is mostly a product of four decades of income gains accruing to the highest earners; accordingly a broad economic justice program is the best way to close the wealth gap. 

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• 8/25/19
  

  Trump Has Blocked Wage Gains for American Workers

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Although the pundits say the U.S. economy is booming―and it certainly is for the country’s billionaires―it’s not doing much for the incomes of American workers. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  8/22/19
  

  It Takes Black Women in the U.S. 20 Months to Earn What White Men Make in a Year. Here's the History Behind That Wage Gap

  by Andrea Flynn

  In order to understand the present day race and gender wage gaps we must first look to slavery and the Jim Crow era that followed. 

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• 4/14/19
  

  Teacher Pay, Presidential Politics, and New York’s Modest Proposal of 1818

  by Adam Laats

  When underpaid teachers threaten to walk away, school leaders have always considered desperate plans to fix desperate financial problems.