#income-inequality

#income-inequality

Many hundreds of people marched from the 16th St. BART Station to Dolores Park Monday at noon in a "Workers Over Billionaires" march that took aim at everything from President Donald Trump to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Israel's actions in Gaza. Participants talked about general fear of the country's direction, the plight of immigrants and the feeling of living in troubled times.

Starbucks is the worst offender, but jaw-dropping gaps are the norm among America's leading low-wage corporations. CEOs of the 100 S&P 500 firms with the lowest median wages - a group I call the "Low-Wage 100" - have enjoyed skyrocketing pay over the past six years. As a group, these CEOs now earn 632 times more than their median employees, I found in a new report for the Institute for Policy Studies.

The analysis found that the average FTSE 100 chief executive is now paid 122 times the salary of the average full-time UK worker, reflecting a growing disparity.

"Safer today than 60 years ago? Yes, he said on Tuesday Aug. 5. Is there still racial profiling? Yes. But not to the degree it used to be."

Data indicate that eliminating racial inequities in income could boost the Bay Area economy by $348 billion a year.

The gap between the country's highest- and lowest-income households reached a record high in the first quarter of 2025, with a 49-percentage-point difference.

I happen to believe this is not like the Industrial Revolution. I think this could be a lot more severe.

Andy Mitchell CBE's pay for the year to March 2025 surged to 2.5 million, up from 1.9 million the prior year, amidst rising project costs.

Disabled people could lose more than £10,000 a year as a result of Sir Keir Starmer's benefit cuts, a group of MPs has warned.