Exploring Extractive Frontiers: A Q&A with Thea Riofrancos
In Extraction, the researcher and organizer chronicles the tensions between resource extraction and the lithium demands of a green transition.
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The Oligarchy Virus
How America’s supposedly progressive tax system guarantees a wildly skewed national wealth distribution.
The Second Estate: A Q&A with Ray Madoff
Chuck Collins speaks with Ray Madoff about her new book breaking down how the rich use our tax code to get even richer.
Tax the Corporations Cashing in on War
Across the political spectrum, Americans support taxing windfall profits — and billionaires — to help working people weather the affordability crisis.
An Opening for a Latin American United Front Against Corporate Lawsuits
A Mexico-Colombia-Brazil alliance would strike a powerful blow against the anti-democratic investor-state arbitration system.
A U.S.-led G20 for the Billionaires?
Rather than building on recent efforts to address inequality, the Trump administration’s agenda for the 2026 G20 presidency is likely to prioritize elite and corporate interests.
Attacks on Mail Voting are Attacks on the Working Class
Trump’s executive order to restrict voting by mail would raise the economic barriers to exercising a basic democratic right.
Two Bold Proposals to Tax Wealth Across the Land
Wealth tax proposals from Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren show a growing appetite to rein in the rich.
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