Inequality Archives – Page 3 of 37 – Center for Public Integrity

President Joe Biden raises his hands emphatically as he delivers the State of the Union address as Vice President Kamala Harris, behind him on the left, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, behind him on the right, listen.

Taxes

‘Pay your fair share’: Biden’s talk on taxes echoes our findings

by The Center for Public Integrity February 8, 2023February 8, 2023

Recap of season 2 of The Heist

by The Center for Public Integrity February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

Marcelino Ramos, a 54 year old man, stands in front of a banner that has flags behind it and photos of deported veterans on the front. He is wearing a black tshirt and black pants.

White House initiative leaves deported veterans in limbo

by Kristian Hernández February 3, 2023

This illustration shows four things: it shows a woman prepare fast food while someone stand behind her and steals money from her pocket; one shows seafood workers prepping food while a scale with seafood on it is tipped by a hand; and one that shows a woman at a sewing machine making clothes while a hand cuts money with scissors.

New DHS policy protects undocumented whistleblowers

by The Center for Public Integrity January 25, 2023May 23, 2023

Teresa Rutherford gazes at her under-construction house from the second level. It's the wooden bones of the home, with light streaming in the windows.

Tribes need tax revenue. States keep taking it.

by Maya Srikrishnan, Shannon Shaw Duty and Joaqlin Estus December 20, 2022May 23, 2023

Discussion: How four decades of tax cuts fueled inequality

by The Center for Public Integrity December 7, 2022December 14, 2022

An illustration in drawing style shows a small person pushing a quarter as large as them up a plank to drop into an Uncle Sam hat while a very large man -- dressed well, pockets full of coins -- easily drops his quarter in.

How four decades of tax cuts fueled inequality

by James B. Steele November 29, 2022June 26, 2023

What Nirvana’s birthplace taught me about inequality

by Melissa Hellmann September 14, 2022June 26, 2023

The word tax is highlighted in a dictionary with a green marker.

Taxes

Tax terms: Here’s what all those confusing phrases mean

by The Center for Public Integrity September 14, 2022November 28, 2023

How state taxes make inequality worse

by Melissa Hellmann, Maya Srikrishnan, Ashley Clarke and Joe Yerardi September 14, 2022July 6, 2023

Child's hand filling in a multi-answer test with a pencil.

Taxes

Test your knowledge of state taxes

by The Center for Public Integrity September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

A person sits at a table looking over receipts will using a calculator.

Cómo los pobres cargan con el mayor peso de los impuestos

by Melissa Hellmann, Maya Srikrishnan, Ashley Clarke and Joe Yerardi September 14, 2022January 28, 2026

Taxes

This tax break helps lower-income people. Too many don’t get it.

by Melissa Hellmann August 26, 2022

George Floyd’s life, shaped by racism, tells an American story

by April Simpson May 17, 2022May 18, 2022

A skyline view of downtown Akron, Ohio.

It was the Rubber Capital of the World. The health consequences linger.

by Yanick Rice Lamb May 17, 2022April 17, 2023

A hand stacks coins on a table.

How can we close our racial wealth gap?

by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 22, 2022January 28, 2026

Illustration of a close-up of speech bubbles on screen with a blue background.

Carrying the load (transcript)

by The Center for Public Integrity March 22, 2022

ReShonda Young looks at the restrictive covenant placed on homes in her neighborhood.

The racist history that helps explain our present wealth gap

by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 15, 2022December 6, 2022

A map of where restrictive covenants are in place in Waterloo

Watch how racist restrictions spread in this community

by The Center for Public Integrity March 15, 2022

Illustration of a close-up of speech bubbles on screen with a blue background.

The wealth-gap machine (transcript)

by The Center for Public Integrity March 15, 2022

A freedom school opens at a ‘pivotal moment’

by The Center for Public Integrity March 8, 2022

Students raise their hands during a discussion of poetry at the 1619 Freedom School.

Inside the effort to make this city a better place for its Black residents

by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 8, 2022March 10, 2022

Illustration of a close-up of speech bubbles on screen with a blue background.

Shifting goalposts (transcript)

by The Center for Public Integrity March 8, 2022