NJ Residents are Fed up With Corporations Pocketing Subsidies Without Creating Local Jobs
The November ballot in Camden may include a proposal to require companies to report how many jobs they’re creating for residents of the low-income city.
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Combating Corporate ‘Pinkwashing’ During Pride Month With Mutual Aid
With a poverty rate at 22 percent, the LGBTQ+ community needs more than rainbow flag avatars on social media from multi-million dollar corporations.
Why the Language We Use to Talk About Inequality, Power, and Class Matters
A century after violent efforts to suppress resistance to class exploitation, the nation has learned to think about people and the economy with a language that favors the wealthy and elides issues of power.
Tax the Rich, House the Homeless
In L.A., 1 percenters currently pay less than a 1 percent city tax on the mansions they make millions selling.
Time To End the Capital Gains Rate Giveaway
Our tax loopholes let marginal and arbitrary differences in facts give rise to markedly different tax outcomes.
Does the Amazon Now Have a Shot at Survival?
Colombia has new leaders who see the direct link between plutocracy and the plunder of our most valuable ecosystem.
Gustavo Petro’s Victory Brings an Opportunity to Reverse Inequality in Colombia
Running on a platform of gender equity, progressive taxation, and environmental protection, Colombia’s first leftist president could bring much-needed change to a deeply unequal nation.
With CEO Pay Skyrocketing, the Unionization Surge is Hardly Surprising
Pandemic disparities have driven workers at Starbucks and several other low-wage employers to demand a fair reward for their labor.
A Pastor Marches for A Moral, Equitable Economy for All
The Poor People's Campaign marched on Washington to demand that politicians legislate to protect the fundamental rights of 140 million poor and low-wealth people in America. Here's why a pastor from New York joined them.
Can We Ever Retire to Greater Equality?
Private pensions no longer narrow our income gaps. Taxing the rich to boost Social Security could.
The Climate Case for Taxing Wealth
Vast fortunes, inherited or otherwise, simply would not exist without the assaults now destroying our planet. Taxing those fortunes to fund climate action could give us a shot at survival.