San Francisco Ballot Measure Gives Voters a Chance to Rein in Overpaid CEOs
The city's Board of Supervisors has placed a proposal on the November 3 ballot that would increase taxes on corporations with extreme gaps between CEO and median worker pay.
Covid-19
Defense Industry CEOs Are Getting Even Richer off Funds That Were Supposed to Go for PPE
The Trump administration took $1 billion in stimulus money that was supposed to go towards making masks and other protective equipment for the pandemic — and gave most of it to weapons manufacturers.
Fed Bailout Allows Private Equity Pirates to Loot $10 Billion From Companies They Own
Wall Street executives are taking advantage of the pandemic to enrich themselves while plundering companies in their portfolios and putting workers' jobs at greater risk.
A New Nonviolent Medicaid Army Is on the March
Led by the poor and dispossessed, this movement is bringing the demand for healthcare rights to corporate profiteers, state houses, prisons, and police stations.