A new take on unrigging our taxes
Our super rich have their own personal trainers, chefs, and pilots. Maybe we should give them their own personal tax collectors.
Of Rotten Apples and Rotten Systems
Shkreli may be a rotten apple, but hedge funds and the pharmaceutical industry are two rotten systems that are costing Americans a bundle.
300+ economists, millionaires, and elected officials to G20: ‘Tax extreme wealth’
While billionaire wealth surged to an all-time high, around 165 million people were thrown into poverty during the pandemic.
The battle for Net Neutrality isn’t over
The FCC says the reversal "will protect consumers at far less cost to investment than prior rigid and wide-ranging utility rules."
The American state of mind: Apprehension, frustration, distrust, fear
How much longer will they take this kind of beating before we see a societal eruption?
Inflation inequality: Poorest Americans are hit hardest by soaring prices on necessities
The fastest rate of inflation in 40 years is hurting families across the U.S. who are seeing ever-higher prices for everything from...
Former VA doctor sentenced to 25 years in federal prison
“Today, [Jonathan] Yates has been called to account for his heinous acts. While his prison sentence will not undo the significant harm Yates inflicted on the victims, we hope that it will ease their pain.”
Senate Democrats hold 24-hour session to stop DeVos
If only one more Senate Republican can be turned against DeVos, she will not be confirmed.
How India’s farmers launched a movement against Modi’s farm bills—and won
For now, this victory is a direct blow to WTO, IMF, and World Bank policies, and to the BJP’s privatization agenda.
50 years later, a speech by King has lessons for a president
Difficult work remains for those in whom Martin Luther King Jr. had the most hope: the people, organizing grass-roots power for peace.