A Series of Disasters

People with Signs

Police respond to four climate scientists who have chained themselves to the front doors of the JPMorgan Bank in Los Angeles to protest inaction on climate change.

Things They Are Not Permitted To See

13,950, 2,258, and 24,210

By The Charts

This chart shows income inequality over a period of 90 years.  In the first three decades, wealth was concentrated at the top.  During the postwar years wealth became more evenly distributed.  During that time, taxes were high, unions were strong, "safety net" programs were well maintained, and the minimum wage was high.  Starting in the early eighties, when tax rates were dropped precipitously, income inequality began to increase again.  Unions were made weaker through "right-to-work" laws, the minimum wage failed to keep up with the cost of living, and the war on poverty became a war on the poor.