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Published today, "America What Went Wrong? The Crisis Deepens," is an expanded and updated edition of our 1992 #1 New York Times bestseller. It's available for order from your local bookstore and on Amazon.
amazon.com/dp/195065950X/
As the Senate debates whether to fund meals for kids at summer camp or food stamps we should be asking why we have to choose. Here’s why:
publicintegrity.org/inequali…
Looking forward to talking to Rose Aguilar tomorrow on KALW San Francisco (1pm EST - 10am PST) about “How Four Decades of Tax Cuts for the Rich Have Fueled Income Inequality.“ publicintegrity.org/inequali…
CEO Pay rises to all time high versus pay of average workers. epi.org/press/ceo-pay-rose-m…
This is why America's wealth gap is growing -
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James B. Steele retweeted
Ten years ago today, a Theranos employee went to Reddit for help. He didn't name the company, but it was all basically right there in the post.
I wonder what secrets are being shared by anonymous accounts today that we will only understand in 2032.
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James B. Steele retweeted
86% of Black students take out federal student loans to pay for college — that's nearly 20 percentage points higher than white students. With a stroke of his pen, @POTUS can #CancelStudentDebt and help close the racial wealth gap.
Journalism’s Unsung Documents: Will discuss their powerful role in revolutionizing investigative reporting at 11:30am Wednesday with my FIJ colleague, Anu Narayanswamy of the Washington Post. fij.org/public-records-webin… to register.
Is this the most important story out of the pandemic so far?
nytimes.com/2021/12/23/us/co…
One of the best explanations I've read for the "worker shortage."prospect.org/labor/great-esc…
James B. Steele retweeted
This is just to say: today is my last day at the @PhillyInquirer. Next week I'm starting a new career in media strategy/comms. I'm excited, but it's still sinking in! I've spent 20 years in newspapers, almost 14 of those here at my hometown paper. I'm so lucky. I'm so grateful.
James B. Steele retweeted
On these soft summer nights there’s nothing like walking the streets and feeling pure gratitude that city life has returned so fully. Not hating, people should live where they want but I do wonder if people who panic-moved out of cities feel conflicted that this happened so fast.
James B. Steele retweeted
Raisi is probably not going to derail the revival of the JCPOA. But the new president presents a real challenge to JCPOA implementation and to US efforts to improve and expand the deal.
My latest in @washingtonpost @monkeycageblog 👇
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The consequences of heaping tax benefits on the rich for 40 years (America: What Went Wrong? The Crisis Deepens) is dramatically shown in ProPublica’s brilliant expose. The tax code is the greatest driver of income inequality in America.
bit.ly/3ctOmcQ
James B. Steele retweeted
“We found that less local news meant more polarization.”
If local newspapers go away or are weakened beyond recognition, a real possibility given their steep decline and Americans’ lack of awareness of it, we won’t just feel nostalgic for them — we’ll feel actual consequences. 53eig.ht/3pjh7y1
Hard to believe that the central theme of our book the updated America: What Went Wrong? – the need for more active federal government to attack income inequality -- would be adopted so soon and so vigorously by the Biden Administration.
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Finally, some sanity that puts Biden’s tax proposals in perspective.
nytimes.com/2021/05/04/brief…
