Tag: income inequality
GOP tax cuts for the rich advance as Republicans push record-breaking...
As House Republicans approve tax breaks for the wealthy, they simultaneously move to gut Medicaid and food assistance, rejecting all amendments to protect vulnerable Americans.
GOP Medicaid cuts would drop millions from coverage while boosting tax...
New Republican plan could strip 8.6 million Americans of healthcare while permanently enriching the ultra-wealthy through revived 2017 tax breaks.
‘Grotesque spectacle’: CEO pay skyrockets 50% as worker wages stagnate
Oxfam analysis reveals global CEOs now earn 56 times more than average workers as corporate profits surge and economic inequality deepens on International Workers’ Day.
Archaeology can now tell us how people have muffled and challenged...
Without archaeology, there is no way to truly examine economic inequality, its causes, and its consequences over very long time spans on a global scale.
Sanders calls for Biden to ‘do better’ amidst growing calls for...
Senator Bernie Sanders urges President Joe Biden to present a stronger agenda amidst rising calls for new leadership within the Democratic Party.
Should billionaires exist?
If capitalism were working properly, billionaires would have gone the way of the dodo.
New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s,...
This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.
Some new hope for a check on CEO compensation
A Delaware state court ruling has shaken up the pay world for corporate executives.
The rent crisis: Half of US renters face unprecedented housing affordability...
The study reveals a staggering 50 percent of U.S. renters were dedicating more than 30 percent of their income to cover rent and utilities.
Billionaires urge world leaders for higher wealth taxes at Davos Summit
Millionaires and billionaires, often seen as beneficiaries of global economic policies, are advocating for higher taxes on their wealth.
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GOP tucks $10 billion for voting restrictions into party-line Pentagon funding bill
The measure advanced on a near party-line vote just before lawmakers left Washington for a lengthy summer recess.
Kept in the dark: How Louisiana weakened community air monitoring as industry pushed back
That stretch of roughly 85 miles, widely known as "Cancer Alley," is home to dozens of refineries and chemical plants and to many predominantly Black communities.
Israel and the United States are merging their military. Here’s why.
"From aid to partnership," the U.S. and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide.
How technology is rewriting the way we write
As keyboards and touchscreens replace pens and pencils, the decline of handwriting raises questions about cognition, culture, and creativity.
EPA moves to reclassify Clean Air Act waivers
The Agency claimed that "California’s standards could impose costs on ports, shipping and supply chains," but Environmental groups and California regulators dispute that interpretation.