Tag: rich
Billionaires will not save us. Here’s what will
It’s high time that we draw from the massive wealth of knowledge possessed by Indigenous peoples.
America’s inherited wealth dynasties park trillions out of reach of taxation
It is equally important to understand how multi-generational wealth dynasties are deploying dynasty trusts and other elaborate tax dodges to sequester trillions and dodge inheritance taxes.
A Super Bowl musing: Can pro sports be more than a...
A cyber-savvy deep pocket is claiming he has the key to ‘democratizing’ our sporting landscape
Richest 1% took 38% of new global wealth since 1995. The...
"If there is one lesson to be learnt from the global investigation, it is that inequality is always a political choice."
Our new art ‘appreciation,’ billionaire-style
Fine art has never been more financially lucrative — or less central to our culture.
US billionaires are now $2.1 trillion richer than before the pandemic
Not only did the wealth of U.S. billionaires grow, but so did their numbers: in March of last year, there were 614 Americans with 10-figure bank accounts. Today there are 745.
The hypocrisy of the federal spending debate
We must not let our lawmakers get away with this charade of fiscal responsibility to defeat Build Back Better.
Pandora Papers: ‘Biggest-ever’ bombshell leak exposes financial secrets of the super-rich
"This is the Panama Papers on steroids."
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Elon Musk has the blood of 19 Kentuckians on his hands
DOGE cuts are killing Americans.
Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ slashes healthcare and food aid while delivering massive tax cuts...
New CBO analysis confirms steep losses for poorest Americans under GOP-backed plan as Medicaid, SNAP, and public programs are gutted to fund tax cuts for the top 1 percent.
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.
Department of government chaos, revenge, and patronage
And MAGA, in the end, is just a load of DoGCRaP
More than a dozen US officials sold stocks before Trump’s tariffs sent the market...
Ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.