What if we actually taxed the rich?
It’s not radical to rein in this irresponsibility. It’s radical to let it continue.
Trump friends and family cleared for millions in small business bailout
Beneficiaries of the PPP included a lettuce farming venture-backed by Trump’s son, Kushner companies, and a dentist who golfs with the president. The figures were released after a lawsuit by several news organizations, including ProPublica.
Debt and disillusionment
How college is like the airplane game...
GOP tax bill: How the environment lost
“The environment is the clear loser, with calamitous consequences for all Americans."
Introducing Glencore, Rapacious Global Lord
Let's meet one of the most powerful of these lords of rapacious global capitalism — Glencore.
2017 Amerika: A new Reich?
We know the Democrats will trumpet a woman’s right to choose, and gay rights, and even a more liberal immigration policy. Yet, when it comes to the meat and potato issues there is little or no difference between the two parties.
Rep. Jamaal Brown introduces legislation that will propose income tax reform for ultra-wealthy
The introduced tax code for the nearly 700 billionaires would raise $1 trillion over ten years, according to a press release.
June’s Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit is Up 9 Percent
The June trade deficit rose from the months prior because of rising imports.
Government watchdog cautions against further interest rate hikes for risk of recession
Accountable.US warns further hikes "would needlessly and unnecessarily cause a recession and result in millions of Americans losing their jobs."
Climate change forced over 1 million Africans from their homes in 2015
Disasters triggered by rapid-onset natural hazards affected 33 African countries last year.