Tag: wealth inequality
Richest 1% took 38% of new global wealth since 1995. The...
"If there is one lesson to be learnt from the global investigation, it is that inequality is always a political choice."
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.”
A project for survival in these United States
What this country might look like if its politics were so much less top-down and so much more bottom-up.
How wealth inequality spiraled out of control
We must stop this vicious cycle — and demand an economy that works for the many, not one that concentrates more and more wealth in the hands of a privileged few.
US billionaires are now $2.1 trillion richer than before the pandemic
Not only did the wealth of U.S. billionaires grow, but so did their numbers: in March of last year, there were 614 Americans with 10-figure bank accounts. Today there are 745.
The hypocrisy of the federal spending debate
We must not let our lawmakers get away with this charade of fiscal responsibility to defeat Build Back Better.
The real reason the economy might collapse
Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of both our economy and our democracy.
America’s billionaires: Borrowing their way to ever more fabulous fortunes
Their current combined fortune: $4.7 trillion, up $1.8 trillion since the pandemic began.
The fake heroism of space billionaires
We’ve privatized almost everything else, but no one can privatize heroism.
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When do the ‘primal, profit-driven forces of nature’—racked with buyer’s remorse—dethrone or defang MAGA...
If you credit mass buyers’ remorse by hoodwinked MAGA voters, that goes double for flabbergasted tycoons once open to disruption (and donor payoffs) but now bullied by the allegedly pro-business browbeater.
Outrage in Massachusetts after ICE detains high school student on way to volleyball practice
Milford residents demand answers and justice after ICE agents detain 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes da Silva, sparking statewide protests and national criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Billions in clean energy projects canceled amid Republican tax bill and fossil fuel agenda
Clean energy investments are vanishing as the Trump administration’s tax plan and rollback of Biden-era climate policies threaten America’s transition to renewables.
Greta Thunberg and 11 other volunteers set out on mercy mission to Gaza
A crowd of supporters gathered at the port with Palestinian flags to encourage the 12-person crew. The mission is sponsored by the Freedom Flotilla organization.
‘Another aid massacre’: Israeli military kills dozens near privatized Gaza food site
For the third consecutive day, Israeli forces fired on Palestinians seeking food at a controversial U.S.-backed aid site, raising international outcry and renewed calls for accountability amid a spiraling humanitarian catastrophe.