Have the Rich Always Laughed Stiff Tax Rates Away?
Fans of grand fortune want us to believe that the rich have never paid much more of their income in taxes than they do now. Our actual history says different.
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
Blame Long U.S. Election Campaigns on Big Money in Politics
Candidates are bolting out of the gates in part because it takes so much time to raise the mega-millions needed for a presidential run. Can a new law change that?
35 Days Without Pay Show How Precarious Federal Jobs Have Become
Private companies profited off the shutdown as federal workers living paycheck to paycheck – long vilified by the right – struggled to get by.
Youth Movements Changing Tactics in the Face of Climate Crisis
From occupying House offices to suing the federal government, young people are exploring creative strategies to spur action on climate change.
Seriously Taxing the Rich Will Take ‘Guts’ — and More
Egalitarians in the mid-20th century set high tax rates on the high-income set. Egalitarians in our century have some new ideas on how to make those stiff rates stick.
What the Government Shutdown Told Us About Worker Power
Workers have been fighting Donald Trump's agenda from the earliest days of his presidency.
The Best Month for Egalitarians on Capitol Hill Since 1932
Those rare moments when our political class suddenly starts viewing the nation’s richest through a skeptical lens can help trigger real social change.
Bernie’s Plutocracy Prevention Act
Sanders' new 'For the 99.8% Act' is squarely aimed at preventing the children of today's billionaires from dominating our future democracy, economy, culture and philanthropy.
Black America’s Vanishing Wealth Is Bad for All Americans
The racial wealth divide gives billionaires more power over all of us. The answer? Reparations.
A Wealth Tax Could Raise Trillions — and Save Our Democracy
Warren’s proposal would galvanize a populist movement that has been pointing out the corrosive impact of concentrated wealth on our body politic.