Six Inequality-Fighting Candidates Who Won Tough Midterm Races
These hard-fought victories are signs that Americans are ready for inequality-fighting, transformative change.
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$55 Billion in Stock Buyback Wealth for Google Oligarchs
A 1982 SEC rule change has turbocharged America’s extreme wealth concentration, adding $55 billion to the wealth piles of Larry Page and Sergey Brin alone.
Micron’s Plan to Spend $35 Billion on Stock Buybacks Is a Slap in the Face to Its Employees
After pocketing billions in U.S. taxpayer support, the semiconductor giant is planning to spend AI windfalls to enrich shareholders and executives.
Increasing Portland’s CEO Pay Surtax Would Boost Revenue and Encourage Narrower Pay Gaps
Executive compensation analyst Sarah Anderson testified before the Portland, Oregon city council about a proposal to increase an existing tax on corporations with huge CEO-worker pay gaps.
The Plundering Oligarch You Haven’t Heard Of
Private-equity magnate Jeffrey Leerink has been busy pillaging healthcare and the life sciences.
How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Is Harming People and How They’re Responding
Over 15 months and 22 states, I met families struggling with cuts to Medicaid and SNAP and the people refusing to let their neighbors face those struggles alone.
Vance Wants to Reward Stay-at-Home Moms by Punishing Single Parents
The vice president wants to pay parents who stay home by taking funds from a program that helps single parents afford child care.
Billionaire Bankrollers: Meet the 22 California Billionaires Opposing Prop 40
A cadre of Californians opposing a ballot proposal to tax billionaires have seen their personal wealth increase by over 64 percent in the last twenty months.
Executive Excess at Low-Wage Corporations
‘Low-wage 100’ CEOs have focused on enriching themselves while turning blind eyes to threats against their workers.