Tag: rich
Can we conquer our grand dynastic family fortunes?
We most certainly can. We have history on our side.
A global tax deal for the rich, not the poor
Despite the recent G7 agreement on corporate taxation, global leadership requires going beyond national interests to ensure that all countries have sufficient resources to develop healthier post-pandemic economies.
Living ever larger in the lap of luxury
Today’s fabulously rich can easily guarantee themselves a tumbril-free future.
FDR must be smiling
Biden’s plan to create jobs and tax the rich is a good deal bolder than it looks at first glance.
Bill, Melinda, and the burden of grand fortune
All relationships, not just romantic couplings, tend to be twisted by wealth.
President Biden’s Tax-the-Rich plan: Just how bold?
A little history can help us with the answer.
What can we do to start civilizing our richest?
Worldwide, ever more of us are realizing we need a ceiling on what our greediest can grab.
Supreme Court: A superstore for the super-rich?
This is America, after all, where rich white men can buy whatever they want, including members of Congress and Supreme Court justices.
Citizen Musk
We’re back to the excesses of the Gilded Age, and Elon Musk is a modern-day robber baron.
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Israel accused of using aid as bait as over 300 Palestinians killed at food...
Palestinians seeking flour and water have become targets, with Israeli forces killing hundreds at so-called humanitarian aid points backed by the U.S.
America’s new Industrial Revolution
Will Donald Trump will be remembered ruefully as our country’s very own King Canute, who used the full force of presidential power in a failed, futile effort to halt the tides of technological change?
Martial Law in the United States
Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.
MAGA’s nightmare cult embodies the manic venom of old-time religion without the good
Like religious fundamentalism, MAGA Trump broaches no dissent, indeed feeds upon opposition to justify undeserved privileges, dividing the world between the saved and sinful deserving punishment.
Lessons from Vieques: Resisting US militarism, building unity
Our only hope is to learn from and center the past and present struggle in Vieques and everywhere else bearing the brunt of U.S. militarism, to clearly understand where our enemies converge.