Tag: Economic policy
Patriotic Millionaires challenge oligarch power with sweeping economic plan
As economic inequality worsens and public frustration grows, a coalition of wealthy Americans offers a radical legislative blueprint to dismantle the grip of the ultra-rich on democracy.
New era of inequality: Billionaires pay less in taxes than the...
Economist Gabriel Zucman's analysis reveals that for the first time, U.S. billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans, sparking a renewed debate on wealth tax.
$8.5 trillion untaxed: The urgent call for a billionaire income tax
Recent analysis reveals that America's wealthiest hold $8.5 trillion in untaxed assets, spotlighting the critical need for tax reform to address growing wealth inequality.
To defeat coronavirus, media need to look at real-world examples, not...
The price of not stopping the coronavirus, it turns out, is too great for any nation to pay; that’s the lesson the real world is teaching us, and one we have to heed.
We need a people’s response to coronavirus—and the Sanders campaign is...
Our political revolution has an incredible opportunity because of our infrastructure, culture and leadership to seize this moment.
How young activists turned the old idea of a Green New...
The leading force behind this wave of action is an organization called Sunrise Movement, which launched in 2016 with the immediate goal of making ambitious climate action a key issue in last year’s midterm elections.
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Noem calls to eliminate FEMA after delaying Texas flood response by days
FEMA officials say Kristi Noem’s own approval policy caused life-threatening delays before she used them to justify dismantling the agency.
Millions of tons of invisible nanoplastics found polluting North Atlantic Ocean
New research finds an estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic, raising concerns for marine ecosystems and human health.
Albanese sanctions: Marco Rubio now acting just like Putin, charging human rights officials
An explanation of why this verbiage is arrant nonsense.
Five facts that show the enormity of American inequality
Whatever wealth exists among America's poor should not be taken away because of some ignorant prejudice of the rich.
No ordinary solidarity—inside Chicago’s hunger strike for Gaza
For 18 days, six members of Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago led a hunger strike that helped re-center Gaza in the public discourse and pressure elected officials.