Tag: Economic Inequality
The Way Station, a bar in Prospect Heights previously best known for its Doctor Who-themed bathroom, had a very special promotion last night, 7/7: the bar only charged women 77% of their tab, to draw attention to the fact that women earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. “I have three sisters. The […]
Whatever your thoughts on Occupy Wall Street, the protesters were right about at least one thing: The richest one percent own a disproportionate amount of wealth, and they must be stopped. In a new report released by poverty-fighting charity Oxfam, it’s estimated that by next year the one percent will own more than half of […]
