$55 Billion in Stock Buyback Wealth for Google Oligarchs
A 1982 SEC rule change has turbocharged America’s extreme wealth concentration, adding $55 billion to the wealth piles of Larry Page and Sergey Brin alone.
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Micron’s Plan to Spend $35 Billion on Stock Buybacks Is a Slap in the Face to Its Employees
After pocketing billions in U.S. taxpayer support, the semiconductor giant is planning to spend AI windfalls to enrich shareholders and executives.
Increasing Portland’s CEO Pay Surtax Would Boost Revenue and Encourage Narrower Pay Gaps
Executive compensation analyst Sarah Anderson testified before the Portland, Oregon city council about a proposal to increase an existing tax on corporations with huge CEO-worker pay gaps.
The Plundering Oligarch You Haven’t Heard Of
Private-equity magnate Jeffrey Leerink has been busy pillaging healthcare and the life sciences.
New York Is Getting Richer. Most New Yorkers Aren’t.
Data shows that New York City has grown richer since the pandemic, but the gains have flowed overwhelmingly to the top.
AI Has a Labor Problem
The World Bank is bullish on AI. Experiences in the gig economy give us good reason to doubt that confidence absent strong regulations.
How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Is Harming People and How They’re Responding
Over 15 months and 22 states, I met families struggling with cuts to Medicaid and SNAP and the people refusing to let their neighbors face those struggles alone.
When ICE Came to Minnesota, We Were Prepared
The foundations for the mass mobilizations that pushed ICE out of Minnesota were built long before armed agents arrived.
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