Tag: super rich
Billionaire emissions outpace lifetime footprints of average individuals, new report shows
The report examines how the super-rich’s use of luxury transportation and investments in polluting industries exacerbate the climate crisis.
Does Elon Musk have a right to destroy Twitter?
Do we really think that the super-wealthy should be allowed to control so much wealth and wield so much influence?
‘Stain on democracy’: Tax day study shows US billionaires now own...
"We reject the narrative that this country cannot afford to invest in a better world."
Elon Musk is hiding the ball again on taxes
Fanboys of the richest person on Earth are spinning bogus tales that swell the Musk fortune and embellish his ‘genius.’
Closing the loopholes America’s super rich love: Can the dog catch...
How we can prevent the wealthiest of our wealthy from exempting virtually unlimited billions from tax.
The super-rich have taken almost all of it
The very richest Americans seem far removed from the notion of shared prosperity that could have made us a nation to be envied.
How South Dakota became a tax haven for the super-rich
As the Pandora Papers exposed, for the last 30 years, multimillionaires and billionaires have parked their wealth in the state of South Dakota to avoid taxation and secure dynastic wealth for generations.
The least sympathetic people in the entire world?
They just may be the super rich who’ve bought mega-million condos in midtown Manhattan’s now infamous needle towers.
Will fanboys for grand fortune ever flame out?
Not likely. Our super rich need the fog they create.
Amerikan Republic: Without the banana!
As this new Biden administration will reveal, just like with Obama before him, little will be done to counteract the super rich who run this empire.
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NYC releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 air quality records held back for 25 years
The documents settle two lawsuits from survivors and responders who spent decades seeking them.
Houthi seizure of Yemeni port pushes US diesel past $6 a gallon for first...
Saudi oil output has fallen to its lowest level since 1990 as the Iran war disrupts shipping.
Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall
More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
Forever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights...
We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the “war on terror,” specifically focused on the impact on democratic rights, including the freedoms of speech and the press.
Humanitarian Needs Grow as Nepal Recovers from Catastrophic Floods
1,367 people are confirmed dead and 5,132 remain missing, including 587 foreign nationals, two weeks after a glacial collapse triggered Nepal's floods.