Inequality Archives – Page 4 of 37 – Center for Public Integrity

Cheated at Work

As guest workers increase, so do concerns about wage cheating

by Susan Ferriss and Joe Yerardi March 2, 2022January 28, 2026

Cheated at Work

By the numbers: Wage theft investigations, violations

by Joe Yerardi March 2, 2022January 28, 2026

Cheated at Work

Resources for guest workers

by The Center for Public Integrity March 2, 2022May 23, 2023

Cheated at Work

Con más trabajadores temporales, crece el temor a un mayor robo de salarios

by Susan Ferriss March 2, 2022January 28, 2026

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

Popcorn heaven (transcript)

by The Center for Public Integrity March 1, 2022

Woman turning an open sign on glass front door of coffee shop.

Small business lending looks unequal. Getting the data has been a battle.

by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 1, 2022March 10, 2022

Photo of gavel laying on money

A closer look at an effort to make loan data public

by The Center for Public Integrity March 1, 2022

ReShonda Young stands for a portrait in her neighborhood in Waterloo, Iowa.

Get to know ReShonda Young

by The Center for Public Integrity February 22, 2022

A wealth gap that’s not closing

by The Center for Public Integrity February 22, 2022January 28, 2026

Leaves fall froma tree in Highland Park in Waterloo, Iowa.

One place was redlined. The other, greenlined. This is how they look today.

by The Center for Public Integrity February 22, 2022

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

How do you catch up? (transcript)

by The Center for Public Integrity February 22, 2022

A portrait of Waterloo

by The Center for Public Integrity February 22, 2022February 22, 2022

ReShonda Young stands at the double doors outside a church property in Waterloo, Iowa, that she's hoping to purchase.

Fighting the wealth vortex

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

Glass building with BANK on the side and sun reflecting.

Bank branch closure rate doubled during pandemic

by Melissa Hellmann February 17, 2022February 17, 2022

Shirley Sherrod was fired by USDA. Why is she serving the agency again?

by April Simpson February 11, 2022February 11, 2022

The Heist: Season 2

by The Center for Public Integrity February 8, 2022April 16, 2024

Season 2: trailer transcript

by The Center for Public Integrity February 3, 2022February 11, 2022

These books tackled inequality in 2021

by Matt DeRienzo December 21, 2021January 28, 2022

Cheated at Work

USPS experts offer advice on how to fight wage theft

by Kimberly Cataudella December 17, 2021May 23, 2023

How ARPA helps states pay for expanding Medicaid coverage

by The Center for Public Integrity December 16, 2021

How lack of Medicaid expansion fuels rural poverty in the Deep South

by April Simpson December 16, 2021January 28, 2026

What Medicaid expansion means and why it matters

by Alex Eichenstein December 16, 2021January 28, 2026

Photo gallery and voices from the Deep South

by April Simpson December 16, 2021January 28, 2022

Help us spread the word about Medicaid expansion

by Alex Eichenstein December 16, 2021January 28, 2022

Cheated at Work

See which retail companies didn’t pay their workers

by Joe Yerardi December 9, 2021May 23, 2023

Inside Public Integrity

Join us for a live discussion: cheated out of pay at the USPS

by The Center for Public Integrity December 8, 2021May 23, 2023

Cheated at Work

The holiday rush is here. Will mail carriers get paid for all their work?

by Alexia Fernández Campbell December 8, 2021January 28, 2022

Cheated at Work

Llegó la época de compras navideñas, ¿se les pagará a los carteros por todo su trabajo?

by Alexia Fernández Campbell December 8, 2021January 28, 2022

Several workers in the garment industry sew masks to meet the coronavirus demand.

Cheated at Work

Chart: Clothing factories have a wage theft problem

by Joe Yerardi November 26, 2021May 23, 2023