Tag: wealth gap
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!"
One-third of Americans can’t afford food, housing or health care
The wide range of scores reflect the growing wealth gap in America.
Waging class war in comfort
Do the corporate chiefs now parading into the new Trump administration see the United States as just another enterprise – to fleece?
The Wealth Gap Widens: Without Change People of Color Will Never...
If the trend continues for another 30 year time period the average white family’s net worth will grow by $18,000 a year while the average black household will see a growth of $750 and the average Hispanic household a growth of $2,250.
New 2015 Wealth Data: US Inequality at Its Ugliest
According to the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook, the wealthy elite's continuing disdain for the poor, the middle class and people all around the world is disturbing. These wealth gap realities are victimizing the great majority of Americans.
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Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight
The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule
North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.
A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What...
It’s no longer possible to hold climate change to 1.5. But it’s not game over – it’s game on.
Interfaith leaders say they were ‘misled’ into attending event with far-right Hindu leader
Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden was the latest in an influence operation conducted by the RSS and its allies in the U.S.
Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More...
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.