Move Over, Climate Change Deniers

Make room for a new right-wing assault on scientific research. In the cross-hairs this time: the massive epidemiological evidence on inequality’s horrific toll on our health and overall well-being. Read more . . .

Health Care Reform’s Hidden Tax Gem

The new health care reform legislation that President Obama has signed into law takes a little-noticed but precedent-setting swipe at executive pay excess.

Why Health Care Matters Less than We Think

The British already have universal health care. So why do average life expectancies in the UK vary so dramatically by neighborhood? A new UK blue-ribbon commission has some answers to questions that Americans ought to be asking.

Of Flat Tax, Fat Tax, and ‘Fat Cats’

A health care reform surtax on the rich makes great budget sense — and even more sense, over the long haul, for our actual health.

The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Us Stronger

By every measure that matters,  relatively equal nations far outperform  nations where income and wealth concentrate at the top. This powerful new book explores these contrasts — and explains them.

Getting Healthy: A Tax-the-Rich Prescription

To achieve anything that resembles meaningful health care reform, activists are realizing, we need to focus on the grand concentrations of wealth inside the health care industry — and beyond.

It’s Official: Inequality Literally Driving Us Crazy

A new report out of the UK documents how top-heavy distributions of income are stressing us out, at levels that are endangering our mental health.