Breaking up Big Banks Has Gone From Expert Musing to Something Americans Generally Support
Breaking up the banks is not as far-fetched an idea as bank lobbyists would have us believe.
Breaking up the banks is not as far-fetched an idea as bank lobbyists would have us believe.
Budget chicanery more than 15 years ago laid the foundation for a manufactured crisis that threatens the future of the postal service.
"We have seven weeks to kick our climate debate campaign into high gear and push the Democratic leadership to start treating climate change like the emergency it is."
When the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates went head to head for the first time, America's extreme economic divide was at the center of the debates.
And in addition to the 3 billionaires Bernie mentioned, we should also be worried about the expanding fortunes of multi-generational wealth dynasties.
Our country would be much stronger if we stopped handing out tax cuts for the rich and welfare for big corporations and instead prioritized the needs of the poor and the planet.
Watch Paul Krugman, along with other policy experts, activists, and elected officials, make the case for taxing the very rich — and debating how best to accomplish that taxation.
Workers around the country are fighting back, taking creative actions and pushing legislators and pension funds to act.
There's no fight as committed as the one being waged by older people in Spain to demand fully-funded state pensions.