Tag: wealth gap
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.
Eight ways the Trump-GOP tax cuts have made the rich richer...
In the two years since Congress passed the Republican tax law, the richest 1 percent have been the big winners.
Time for a raise for New York car wash workers
The state legislature could end the sub-minimum tipped wage for car washers downstate.
From the 80s to today, the top 1 percent gain trillions,...
"Between 1989 and 2018, the top 1 percent increased its total net worth by $21 trillion."
The most dangerous decade: 2018-2028
Without great restraint, diplomacy, wisdom and compromises, we will be sleepwalking into a nuclear disaster in the next decade.
Why we need to confront the billionaires’ paradise
It’s time to “strike back” – not against wealthy individuals, but against oligarchy itself.
We are Luddites
"THE ROBOTS ARE COMING! THE ROBOTS ARE COMING! ... EEK! THEY'RE ALREADY HERE!"