2025 Is Shaping up to Be a Banner Year for Global Oligarchs
Over 3,000 global billionaires now control $16.1 trillion.
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Can Our Richest Dodge the Climate-Change Bullet?
They think they can — and that thinking just may doom the rest of us.
Trump’s April 2 Deadline for New Tariffs Is a Distraction from Deeper North American Trade Challenges
Negotiations between the United States, Mexico, and Canada should address all the flaws in the current trade pact that have contributed to rising inequality.
DAFs Are America’s Top Charities
Almost two-thirds of the money donated to the top 20 charities in the U.S. is going to donor-advised funds.
Dismantling the IRS Only Helps Billionaire Tax Dodgers
Starting this tax season, Trump and Musk’s IRS cuts will cost middle class taxpayers a lot more than they save.
Tech Oligarchs Overhaul Delaware Corporate Law in Bid to Consolidate Power Over Us
As Elon Musk works to gut federal enforcement agencies, he's just won a state legislative victory to weaken shareholders' power to hold corporate lawbreakers accountable.
Raising Capital Gains Taxes Would Reduce Inequality Without Economic Costs
Contrary to conventional wisdom, increasing capital gains tax rates could modestly improve economic growth by reducing national debt and making investment cheaper.
‘Wherewithal to Pay’: Deconstructing the Canard That Perpetuates Our Worst Tax Loophole
Congressional apologists for the ultra-rich are peddling a falsehood to protect their benefactors from taxation.
It’s Time to Go On Offense for Democracy
It’s not about who you voted for. It’s about who gets to live with dignity.
Could Elon Musk Actually Destroy Social Security as We Know It?
The DOGE boys are already moving in that direction.
I Won’t Resign My Federal Job — And No One Else Should Either
Our work provides essential services for all Americans without concern for profit. Without our work, Americans would live at the mercy of robber barons.
Why America’s Top Corporate Execs Are Thanking Their Lucky Stars for Donald Trump
With all eyes on Trump, who has time for ‘old news’ like outrageous CEO pay?