A Discussion About Local Grantmaking in Silicon Valley
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation responds to a story from Pacific Standard partner site Capital & Main.
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Beware Billionaires Bearing Gifts
This new wave of high-profile donations from tech moguls may be generous, but it is not a win for populism. It's the modern Carnegie.
The California Chasm: Inequality in One of the Most Unequal States in the Country
California is the home to more super rich than anywhere else in the country—and it also exhibits the highest poverty rate in the nation.
Does Davos Actually Do Anything?
Research shows that the World Economic Forum, a meeting reserved for the one percent, might actually affect the rest of us.
Superstar Neighborhoods and the Concentration of Wealth
The geography of income inequality is all about demand.
Chicago’s Disappearing Middle Class
An animation using Census data makes clear how family income has changed in America's Second City over 40-plus years.
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: The Proud Kansan Who Wants to Put Middle-Class Americans in Office
For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.
The Not-So-Surprising Way Your Parents’ Income Predicts Yours
Just as you suspected, there’s a reason inequality is structural and self-perpetuating. But you might be shocked by just how few of the most well-off individuals are able to out-earn the generation before them. It isn’t the one percent we should be focusing on, but the 0.1 percent.