Blogging Our Great Divide

Donald Trump may have made his exit, but the CEOs his years smiled upon haven’t gone anywhere.

The heirs of the just-passed Sheldon Adelson, the biggest campaign donor of our time, could be poisoning our democracy for generations to come.

Trump didn’t get here on his own. Many have enabled him, especially the billionaires who funneled money his way and then stood by as he damaged our democracy.

Congress let mandatory paid leave requirements expire at the end of 2020, sparking calls for universal leave benefits to protect workers and their customers from the pandemic.

‘Good government’ has always rested on equitable distributions of wealth and power.

Our task ahead: preventing a deeply unequal world from recreating pre-pandemic business as usual.

The Progressive Caucus has unveiled a legislative agenda designed to meet the scale of the pandemic catastrophe and reduce our vulnerability to future crises.

Buried in the Covid relief deal is a provision that will require taxpayers to subsidize lavish business meals for corporate executives.

The billionaire philanthropist continues to defy the charitable norms of the 1 percent.

This week, Congress takes a meaningful step toward eliminating anonymous shell corporations.