Policy

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?

Private companies profited off the shutdown as federal workers living paycheck to paycheck – long vilified by the right – struggled to get by.

After politicians stage their photo ops, little is done to make sure companies comply with public incentive agreements.

It’s human nature to be clueless about those with less privilege than you — which for billionaires includes nearly everyone.

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.

The racial wealth divide gives billionaires more power over all of us. The answer? Reparations.

Warren’s proposal would galvanize a populist movement that has been pointing out the corrosive impact of concentrated wealth on our body politic.

In a world where wealth concentrates ferociously, we can’t escape the ugliness our grand divides engender.

There are great moments in intellectual cross-fertilization. This may have been one of them.