The "dream" that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., so famously evoked before hundreds of thousands of onlookers on the National Mall and before a weary nation nearly five decades ago was not only a hope for racial and social justice, but one that called for income equality. It was later...

The customers are gone. Empty red steel chairs line rows of computer desks where they once sat. A tall stack of bills lies on a cracking, worn-out wooden desk that cannot be repaired until business is good again, if that is anytime soon.

For Rigta Khandar, a café and shop...

The implications of the "Occupy" movement remain difficult to assess; nonetheless, the attention it has garnered is not incomprehensible given the current economic situation facing millions of Americans on a daily basis. A CBO study released yesterday shows that the top 1% of earners more than doubled their share of...