Tag: 1 percent
Oxfam reports richest 1 percent responsible for more carbon emissions than...
The report titled, “Climate Equality: A Planet for the 99%,” shows the large gap between the carbon footprint of the richest 1 percent and the rest of the people across the world.
Americans have been bilked out of billions during the pandemic from...
Unless America addresses runaway income inequality and begins protecting the most vulnerable in society, the next pandemic will hit the nation even harder.
Eight ways the Trump-GOP tax cuts have made the rich richer...
In the two years since Congress passed the Republican tax law, the richest 1 percent have been the big winners.
World’s 500 richest people gained $1.2 trillion in wealth in 2019:...
"A small handful of billionaires should not be able to accumulate more money than they could spend in 10 lifetimes while millions of Americans are living in poverty and dying because they can't afford healthcare."
Bloomberg for president? God no!
Will Bloomberg buy his way to the top or even to a brokered convention where he could buy the support of the Super Delegates?
Billionaires keep benefiting from a tax break to help the poor....
“The Opportunity Zone program has been troubled from the start.”
A plaintive plea from America’s rich: Let’s change the subject!
Other candidates, most notably Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, begrudge plenty and have specific proposals for changing the rules that let wealth keep concentrating.
Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Capitalism hasn’t been working for most people for...
"We haven’t been challenged, to put it in a way. But we are being challenged now, because so many people have done so poorly."
Reaching critical mass on taxing the rich
“Taxing the annual gains generated by wealth closes a host of loopholes, while raising the sort of revenue needed to keep Social Security and Medicare secure for years to come.”
America’s bullies
In recent years America has become a culture of bullying – the wealthier over the poorer, CEOs over workers, those with privilege and pedigree over those without, the whiter over the browner and blacker, men over women.
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New study finds personal care products cause development disruptions in children
The study linked endocrine disruptors, which "mimic, block or interfere with the body’s own hormones," and disruptions in children "during key developmental moments,"
Biden-Harris administration preserves 28 million acres of Alaska public lands, prioritizing Tribal rights and...
The Biden-Harris administration’s decision to retain protections for 28 million acres in Alaska marks a significant reversal of the previous administration’s plans to open these lands to extractive industries, preserving vital natural, cultural, and subsistence resources for Alaska Native communities.
Sanders calls for DOJ investigation into Israeli killing of American activist Ayşenur Eygi
Senator Bernie Sanders demands a DOJ investigation into the killing of Turkish-American activist Ayşenur Eygi by Israeli forces, highlighting a pattern of impunity for the deaths of American citizens in the occupied West Bank.
Matt Nelson self-immolates outside Israeli consulate in Boston, condemning US support for Gaza genocide
Nelson’s extreme act of protest marks the third self-immolation in the U.S. since Israel’s war on Gaza began, drawing attention to America’s ongoing complicity in the killing of over 41,000 Palestinians.
Putin warns of NATO involvement as US weighs letting Ukraine use long-range missiles in...
Putin’s warning came as reports surfaced suggesting that U.S. President Joe Biden is considering allowing Ukraine to use long-range missiles against Russian targets, marking a dangerous new phase in the two-and-a-half-year war.