economic inequality

January 22, 2013 - Until recently, North Carolina was recognized as a leader in expanding women's access to abortion care. What happened?

October 5, 2012 - Though the South is the U.S. region with the greatest concentration of income inequality, its representatives in Washington are doing a poor job of bridging the gap.

April 4, 2012 - A new report on county health outcomes gets to the heart of the ideological debate.

March 22, 2012 - The narrowing of the gap between men's and women's earnings from 2010 to 2011 can't be attributed to progress but to men's wages falling faster than women's. Add race to the analysis and the inequities are especially stark.

December 7, 2011 - The Occupy movement proves the spirit of protest against economic injustice is alive and well in the South.

October 24, 2011 - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain revised his tax proposal in response to criticism that it would disproportionately burden the poor. But the new plan would still hit low-income Americans hard.

October 19, 2011 - The proposal would have most Americans paying far more in taxes -- and most millionaires paying far less.