by Chris Walker | Mar 5, 2026 | CEO-worker pay ratio, corporate welfare, Corporations, Income disparity, Inequality, Institute for Policy Studies, low wages, News
Many workers employed by the largest low-wage corporations in the U.S. are dependent on public benefits to access food or health care because their pay is so low, according to a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). The report, titled “America’s 20 Largest Low-Wage Employers and the Affordability Crisis,” also found the lowest-paying S&P 500 corporations that primarily exploit…
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by Jesse Hagopian | Jan 31, 2026 | affordability, cost of living, Democratic Socialism, Housing Crisis, Hunger Crisis, Inequality, low wages, Op-Ed
When school counselors must decide which children get to eat, it’s time to acknowledge we’re in a national affordability crisis. The problem is the economy itself — not just its current condition, but the underlying unfairness of how it is organized. A friend recently told me a story that made this reality impossible to ignore. Her elderly parents live near an elementary school not far from…
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