What happens when we stop asking how much people make and start asking how fairly it gets shared? That question drives the new web-based dashboard “Who Shares the Wealth?” at gini.commandos.cloud, a free, public tool that explores global income inequality before and […]
If the Founding Fathers were alive today and happened to glance at Texas’s latest congressional redistricting map, they wouldn’t just raise their powdered eyebrows. They’d likely declare it a grotesque betrayal of everything they risked their lives to build. The map, unveiled […]
There’s something about a correctional facility that deflates the imagination. The buildings are concrete, the light is bad, and time slows down. The future shrinks into a series of procedural loops, meals, headcounts, lockdowns. Policy debates happen out there, but for the […]
Promotions are slowing down, even for top performers. The numbers show it. In early 2024, just 1.3 percent of white-collar workers received promotions, the lowest rate in years. That drop is not random. It is structural. Companies are flattening. Layers of management […]
Not long ago, I sat down with the director of a small nonprofit working on food insecurity in a mid-sized city. The organization was lean, focused, and well-respected in the community. They had strong relationships with local families, a steady roster of […]
Washington debates often revolve around numbers. Trillions in spending. Billions in cuts. A line item here. A policy adjustment there. Out in rural America, the numbers feel less abstract. They signal the difference between a hospital with lights on and one with […]
The global economy has never been more divided. Inflation is rising, wages are stagnating, and political fractures are widening. Yet in corporate boardrooms around the world, executive pay is soaring to historic levels. CEO compensation is no longer just a business statistic. […]
You can walk down any Main Street in America and see the small businesses policymakers so often call the “backbone of the economy.” Storefronts, shops, and local employers remain a visible reminder of entrepreneurial spirit. Yet what remains invisible, both on the […]
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City Democratic primary is being celebrated as a historic breakthrough for the progressive left. Rightfully so. A 33 year old democratic socialist backed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders unseated not only a former governor, […]
He was five years old the first time he understood that possibility and uncertainty can arrive together. The air in Long Beach smelled of salt and sunlight as his mother led him off a bus from Lima. They carried little beyond a […]