Our Plutocrats Have Plenty of Money To Burn
So why should our world’s richest worry about a burning Earth? They don’t.
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Gilded Giving 2024: Saving Philanthropy from Wall Street
Philanthropy is becoming just another tool to benefit the wealthy and their money managers — leaving real charities behind in the process. Here’s how we fix it.
As More Donations Pour into Donor-Advised Funds, Which Charities Will Get Left Behind?
As DAF wealth continues to rocket skyward, organizations that meet acute social needs — such as homeless shelters, food banks, or health clinics — may suffer.
Oops! A Rich-People-Friendly Think Tank Confirms Our Richest Pay Under 1 Percent of Their Wealth Annually in Tax
A new Tax Foundation analysis also inadvertently shines a light on the uselessness of ‘adjusted gross income’ as an indicator of actual billionaire economic income.
Labour Lacks a Strategy To Cut Poverty and Inequality
The new British Labour government won’t be able to seriously reduce poverty without also focusing on taming concentrated wealth.
We Need a Care System That Treats Patients With Dignity
My experience trying to get my father adequate care showed me just how broken our system is.
Housing Developer Threatens to Evict Florida Families
Residents of the Li'l Abner mobile home park in Sweetwater, Florida, have been given six months to abandon their homes.
A Q&A on Death and Taxes with Director Justin Schein
"When things are underfunded, then they don’t work, and people feel that they don’t want to pay taxes, because who wants to pay for a sh*tty system?"
Shareholders Unite! Opportunities Ahead in 2025 to Increase Corporate Lobbying Transparency and Accountability
The success of shareholder proposals promoting lobbying transparency offers an encouraging avenue for positive change.
Most of Us Will Be Disabled Eventually. We Need Real Disability Benefits.
The constant stress of simply getting minimal help and food is debilitating. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Homeownership’s Promise and Pitfalls in Transferring Wealth Across Generations
The “Great Wealth Transfer” is set to lock-in extreme class stratification absent housing policy reform.
In Baku, at the Latest Global Confab on Climate, Hand-Wringing Abounds
And that suits our world’s wealthiest just fine.