Fore! How We Pay When Plutocrats Play
From Hong Kong to Los Angeles, people of ordinary means are squeezing into expensive housing and subsidizing country clubs for the golfing super rich.
Policy
Employee Ownership a Win-Win for Workers and Companies
A study finds that millennials in employee stock ownership plans fare far better compared to other young workers.
Tax Luxury Housing to Fund Social Housing
Taxing high-end real estate transfers can help keep city living affordable for everyone.
A Black Hole Right Here on Earth
In everything from transportation to banking, people of modest means end up worse off when societies let wealth concentrate at our economic summit.
Corporations Should Have to Hear From Their Owners
New federal rules make it harder for shareholders to improve practices at the companies they invest in.
The Fake Frugality of the Fabulously Fortunate
Scratch a grand fortune, one common media trope likes to suggest, and you’ll find a frugal lifestyle.
Poor People’s Campaign Gears Up for Mother’s Day Launch
A major new report makes the case for a 'fusion movement' against systemic racism, poverty and inequality, militarism and the war economy, and ecological devastation.
It’s Time to Transform the War Economy
The Poor People's Campaign offers an antidote to a poisoned and militarized culture that has perverted the national agenda.
To Save Humanity, We Could Fight Inequality. Or We Could Go Bar-Hopping on Mars.
Why are we letting our tax dollars bankroll a billionaire’s interplanetary goofiness?