‘Unbelievable’: Half of new drugs launched in 2020-2021 cost $150,000 or more per year
"Big Pharma's yearly price hikes have pushed already sky-high drug prices into the stratosphere," said one advocacy group.
Where are the women CEOs? Should we care?
Women CEOs are becoming slightly less rare at large corporations. But simply replacing men with women at the top of the income scale won't lead to greater equity.
Wall Street bonuses decline but still dwarf worker pay increases since 2008 crash
Since 2008, growth in the average Wall Street bonus has far outstripped wage growth for ordinary U.S. workers.
Climate protesters delay congressional baseball game
The protesters attempted to draw attention to the urgent need for large-scale climate action and pressure Democrat legislators to act.
Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...
Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
At March for Our Lives, a call for a nationwide strike of schools
“Avoid attending school if your leaders fail to do the job.”
This American for-profit healthcare system would just as soon kill you as look at...
To this system, it doesn't matter whether a person lives or dies as long as it gets paid. That's why our healthcare costs are so high, even though our life expectancy is so low.
Trump boat bombings draw murder accusations from Amnesty and lawmakers
A widening human rights crisis emerges as new disclosures reveal orders to kill shipwrecked survivors.
The top 10 inequality victories of 2022
Champions of a more egalitarian society made important strides, building the power of workers while reducing the power of wealthy tax dodgers and greedy pharma execs.
A growing movement to reclaim water rights for Indigenous people
Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and non-Native people. Indigenous groups are finding new ways to demand justice.