Tag: wealth equality
Will the left leverage today’s stock surge/unemployment gap shocker?
Fat cats play the system like hungry lions stalking prey. The progressive challenge is to educate more voters how our predatory system helps the rich get richer.
New poll shows two-thirds of voters support a wealth tax to...
“There is growing concern about the influence large corporations and wealthy individuals have on American elections.”
Global millionaires—just 0.9% of population—now own nearly half of world’s $361...
The bottom 56 percent of the population owns just 1.8 percent of the world’s wealth.
Should we worry about income gaps within or between countries?
At the beginning of classes every autumn, I tease my students with the following question: Is it better to be poor in...
How to get money to increase the common good
Someone who has 50 billion dollars and keeps it for himself isn't really interested in the "common good." You don't need 50...
States expanding opportunity through wealth taxes
States from Hawaii to Connecticut responded to extreme wealth concentration this year by expanding taxes on the assets of the very wealthy...
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Israeli minister proposes forced confinement of all Palestinians in Gaza amid global war crime...
Defense Minister Israel Katz unveils plan to imprison entire Gazan population in a guarded camp as human rights groups warn of ethnic cleansing.
First, a massive Medicaid attack, then come the midterms, then Republican annihilation
Is this country under attack by an authoritarian enemy?
Genocide made invisible
A bilateral policy of genocide has united the Israeli and U.S. governments in a pact of literally breath-taking cruelty.
Why we need a solidarity economy now
As the US faces historic cuts to the social safety net, local economic alternatives can meet basic needs and provide opportunities to organize for a better future.
Why faith leaders are standing up to the largest pro-Israel Christian lobby
An interfaith campaign is confronting one of the most powerful groups driving unconditional support for Israel and the genocide in Gaza with spiritual resistance.