Friday, September 25, 2026

Tag: tax the rich

Zohran Mamdani’s movement victory reshapes New York politics

A data-driven look at the coalition, turnout, and affordability agenda that defeated a billionaire-backed machine and what it means for governing.

Global elite gain $33.9 trillion as poverty fight collapses, Oxfam warns...

A decade after world leaders pledged to end inequality and poverty, the richest 1 percent have captured explosive wealth while development goals fall dangerously off track.

Billionaire wealth surges by $276 billion post-Trump election as GOP pushes...

U.S. billionaires amass $276 billion in post-election wealth surge as GOP pushes for $2.7 trillion estate tax repeal favoring the ultra-wealthy.

Ending oil subsidies and taxing the rich could unlock $5 trillion...

The report, released during the United Nations General Assembly talks and ahead of the COP29 climate summit, outlines a series of proposals that could shift resources away from environmentally harmful practices and toward sustainable development.

Harris can’t embrace billionaires if she wants to win

Billionaires are busy pressuring political candidates to keep their taxes unjustly low. Their opinions shouldn’t—and don’t—matter.

Wyden calls out trillions dodged by ultra-rich, proposes tax reform to...

Democratic senators propose fair tax contributions from the ultra-wealthy as a solution to protect Social Security for future generations, challenging Republican cuts and calling for real revenue reform.

Oxfam reports richest 1 percent responsible for more carbon emissions than...

The report titled, “Climate Equality: A Planet for the 99%,” shows the large gap between the carbon footprint of the richest 1 percent and the rest of the people across the world.

Can Brazil convince the world to tax billionaire wealth?

The ambitious goal: To shove the case for taxing the wealth of our world’s wealthiest onto the world’s political stage.

Do high taxes on our rich make any sense?

We need to do more than tax high incomes. We need to limit them.

The next big billionaire thing: Hunting humans?

Can we actually start taxing the rich again?

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The Charles R. Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Andre Carrotflower / CC BY-SA 4.0

EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue

The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Photo: Daderot (public domain)

7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike

A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
A patient exam room at a U.S. urgent care clinic. Photo: Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage

Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Demonstrators protest ICE conduct in Minneapolis. Photo: Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run

DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.