From the UN, New Ammo for Egalitarians
The United Nations may be fading, but this just-released report deserves a bright spotlight.
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
NFL Owners Want Politics out of Their Sport — Unless It Comes from Them
The NFL strives to keep politics out of football ahead of the Super Bowl, except for when it comes from billionaire owners.
Iowa’s ‘First in the Nation’ Presidential Candidate Contest is Also One of the Most Inequitable
As the big caucus night approaches, activists are working to help low-income residents overcome multiple barriers to participation
Luanda Leaks and the Global Wealth Defense Industry
We should focus on the enablers exposed in the Angola scandal: Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey, and PwC.
Dear Billionaires: Pitchforks or a Fair Tax System?
Taxes are the best and only appropriate way to ensure adequate investment in the things our societies need.
The Evolution of ‘Davos Man’ into . . . Trump Fan!
With everything from tax cuts to deregulation, the president has made himself indispensable to the world’s mega rich.
Braggadocio in the White House, Carcinogens in Our Neighborhoods
In Trump America, science no match for ‘free market’ fundamentalists and CEOs chasing windfalls
Learning From King’s Last Campaign
Before he died, Martin Luther King, Jr. joined a campaign to unify working people of all races. Today, nothing could be more powerful.
California Debate Over CEO Pay Tax Foreshadows Federal Fight
Abigail Disney testified in support of a California state senate bill to tax large CEO-worker pay gaps before the committee voted to advance the proposal.
War Profiteering Is Real. We Need to End It.
CEOs of major military contractors enjoyed a big jump in the value of their personal stock holdings after the U.S. airstrike that killed an Iranian military leader.