Tag: plutocracy
For America’s wealthy, a sweet start to our 21st century
Greasing the way: three different — and massive — rounds of rich people-friendly tax cuts.
How to recognize a plutocracy: The dead giveaway
Our latest slam-dunk evidence: the record of the decade since the Wall Street financial crash ushered in the Great Recession.
Populist plutocracy and the future of America
Trump has consistently sold out the blue-collar, socially conservative whites who brought him to power, while pursuing policies to enrich his fellow plutocrats. What might he do to keep the "base" on his side?
Why we need to confront the billionaires’ paradise
It’s time to “strike back” – not against wealthy individuals, but against oligarchy itself.
The rich line up at the White House ATM
The wealthiest administration in American history is primed to make even more money for its already well-to-do staff.
How 90% of American households lost an average of $17,000 in...
The obscene transfer of wealth and income to the plutocrats won't end until we demand a return to the Commons, where we work as a society rather than allow predatory plutocratic individuals to control us.
Policing in America’s plutocracy
The White House wants to see local cops cracking down on poor people who break federal laws on immigration. Why not a crackdown on the rich who scoff at tax laws?
We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People
The religion of inequality -- of money and power -- has failed us; its gods are false gods.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.