Posted on January 22, 2016 by Nia Hamm in Public News Service Public News Service, By Nia Hamm Income inequality in the United States is higher today than before the Great Recession – and it continues to rise, according to researchers at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. The Bridgeport, Conn., area topped the list, followed by the New York metropolitan region, in a study of places with large income gaps. But the eyebrow-raiser for researchers such as Natalie Holmes, who worked on the report, was that income inequality is rising in large part because the lowest-income earners are making less money.
