Fighting poverty and the deep roots of inequality

In 2018, income inequality in the United States reached its highest level since the Census Bureau started studying it in 1967, despite the longest sustained period of economic growth in American history. The issue has become a flash point, with presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren arguing for a wealth tax, while attacks on homeless people, labeled “parasites” and “bums,” are on the rise, according to the New York Times.