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Everything you need to know about the new economy
If between 1979 and 2018, the American economy almost tripled in size, so where did the gains go? Most went to the top.
Fox’s Katie Pavlich falsely claims that ‘the top 1 percent pay...
In 2016, the top 1 percent paid 37.3 percent of individual income taxes.
Survival of the richest
Real people in the real world, those not at the top, have experienced a decade of ever greater instability, while the inequality gap of this beyond-gilded age is sure to shape a truly messy world ahead.
Tax the rich? Most Americans think it’s a great idea
"This is about politicians catching up to where Americans have been."
America’s widening inequality of place
This inequality is unsustainable. It’s literally tearing America apart.
Trump wants socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest
Trump perfected the art of using bankruptcy to shield himself from the consequences of bad decisions – socialism for the rich at its worst – while leaving employees twisting in the wind.
Why the migrant caravan story is a climate change story
The harshest impacts of climate change are reserved specifically for the poor, the marginalized, the displaced, and in this case, the unauthorized.
Facts that privileged Americans don’t want us to know
The following facts should have been reported by the mainstream media, but unfortunately most of that media is controlled by the very people who have reason to hide the facts.
The evidence pours in: Poverty getting much worse in America
As one of the most unequal nations in the entire world, America is also, in many ways, one of the most poverty-stricken.
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When do the ‘primal, profit-driven forces of nature’—racked with buyer’s remorse—dethrone or defang MAGA...
If you credit mass buyers’ remorse by hoodwinked MAGA voters, that goes double for flabbergasted tycoons once open to disruption (and donor payoffs) but now bullied by the allegedly pro-business browbeater.
Outrage in Massachusetts after ICE detains high school student on way to volleyball practice
Milford residents demand answers and justice after ICE agents detain 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes da Silva, sparking statewide protests and national criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Billions in clean energy projects canceled amid Republican tax bill and fossil fuel agenda
Clean energy investments are vanishing as the Trump administration’s tax plan and rollback of Biden-era climate policies threaten America’s transition to renewables.
‘Another aid massacre’: Israeli military kills dozens near privatized Gaza food site
For the third consecutive day, Israeli forces fired on Palestinians seeking food at a controversial U.S.-backed aid site, raising international outcry and renewed calls for accountability amid a spiraling humanitarian catastrophe.
Greta Thunberg and 11 other volunteers set out on mercy mission to Gaza
A crowd of supporters gathered at the port with Palestinian flags to encourage the 12-person crew. The mission is sponsored by the Freedom Flotilla organization.