Tag: wealth gap
Should billionaires exist?
If capitalism were working properly, billionaires would have gone the way of the dodo.
For America’s wealthy, a sweet start to our 21st century
Greasing the way: three different — and massive — rounds of rich people-friendly tax cuts.
Make America mad again. Mad about the trillions of dollars taken...
Decades of wealth transfer in America: How trillions moved from the many to the few
The racist history that helps explain our present wealth gap
We wanted to see how discrimination shaped one city. Here’s how you can get answers about your own community.
Punishing the exploited: An exploration of the growing wealth gap
We must find momentum through our discontent, and be “outraged enough to become even more politically active.”
Tax evasion and the 1%
“The richest 1% of U.S. households don’t report 21% of their income.”
Inequality virus: Pandemic widens wealth gap for women, people of color...
“In every country that we looked at, inequality has gotten worse during the pandemic.”
“It’s going to be a billionaire Thanksgiving.” Wealth of US richest...
“The increases in billionaire wealth continue to defy gravity in the real economy where millions have lost their jobs, health, and livelihoods.”
Ballot measure added in San Francisco to increase taxes on corporations...
“We believe that big corporations that can afford to pay their executives million-dollar salaries every year can afford to pay their fair share in taxes to help us recover.”
Study shows wealth inequality does make a difference in how long...
In the UK and US, being rich can add almost a decade of healthy living to a person’s life.
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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.
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.
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.