Census Bureau Data: Poverty among Blacks and African Americans in Maine Is the Highest in the Nation

One of every two black and African American Mainers and one-third of Maine’s Native Americans live in poverty Augusta, Maine (Monday, September 22, 2014) The poverty rate […]

Posted September 22, 2014

Tags Inequality, Poverty, Racial Equity

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

The Income Gap between Those at the Very Top of the Economic Ladder and Everyone Else Is Growing Wider

EPI finds that between 2009 and 2011, the top one percent in Maine captured 60 percent of all income growth (Augusta, Maine) From 2009 to 2011, the […]

Posted February 19, 2014

Tags Incomes, Inequality

Jobs and Income

The State of Working Maine in 2013: An Ever Deepening Income Divide (Part 2)

In my last post, I discussed how MECEP’s recently released report, The State of Working Maine in 2013, delves beyond the official monthly employment reports for more […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 13, 2013

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Jobs, Poverty

Taxes and Budget

Growing Income Inequality is Another Sign that We Need to Raise Taxes on the Rich

Income inequality is growing and it’s a problem. New analysis of household income data shows a disturbing nationwide trend of growing income inequality over the last three […]

Joel Johnson

Posted November 15, 2012

Tags Federal, Inequality, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Gap between Maine’s Wealthiest and Poorest Families Grows

Augusta, Maine — Income gaps widened in Maine and across the nation between the late 1990s and the mid-2000s, but Maine’s inequality problem is milder than in […]

Posted November 15, 2012

Tags Economy, Inequality

Maine’s Economy

Why Do We Fight for Social Justice? From Maine Street to Wall Street

On October 11 a standing room only crowd filled the Shepard Lee Lecture Hall at the University of Southern Maine for the latest in MECEP’s Shepard Lee […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 14, 2011

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Poverty, Tax Fairness

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Income Inequality Growing Across the Country: State-by-State Report Released

(Augusta, ME) It doesn’t take a national report for most Mainers to know their incomes are stagnating or that they are working harder than ever to stay […]

Posted April 9, 2008

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Wages

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Census Bureau Data: Poverty among Blacks and African Americans in Maine Is the Highest in the Nation

The Income Gap between Those at the Very Top of the Economic Ladder and Everyone Else Is Growing Wider

The State of Working Maine in 2013: An Ever Deepening Income Divide (Part 2)

Growing Income Inequality is Another Sign that We Need to Raise Taxes on the Rich

Gap between Maine’s Wealthiest and Poorest Families Grows

Why Do We Fight for Social Justice? From Maine Street to Wall Street

Income Inequality Growing Across the Country: State-by-State Report Released