Seven Things We Could Do If We Cut the Pentagon Budget by $100 Billion
We could afford transformative programs if we stopped throwing money at Pentagon contractors.
Wealth Concentration
The Rail Unions Warned Us. Greed is Dangerous.
Following multiple, dangerous derailments across the country, those working the railroad have a solution to the nation's rail crisis: public ownership.
A Self-Tax for the Common Good
Taxpayers are subsidizing donors who retain control of their wealth instead of sharing it through philanthropy.
New Yorkers Care About Care. The State Budget Should, Too.
Workers, clients, and advocates rallied in Albany to secure living wages for their state’s hardworking and underpaid home care workers. Will the governor listen?
Thanks to Bezos, Musk, and Putin, ‘Gaslighting’ and ‘Oligarchy’ Rank as Top Words of the Year
The childish media antics of American billionaires paper over the real threat of wealth concentration to working people in Ukraine and the world over.
Biden Is Right: You Shouldn’t Pay a Higher Tax Rate Than Billionaires
The president has renewed his call for a “billionaire minimum tax.” If Congress won’t listen, states should.
Don’t Let Politicians Cut Housing Aid
Housing vouchers and food stamps helped my family escape a dangerous situation. Will families today get the same chance?
Social Security Benefits Are Not a Gift, but a Sacred Contract With Working People
While corporate politicians consider cuts to essential programs like Social Security, the ultra-rich continue to exploit dodgy tax loopholes for their own personal gain.
A ‘Down’ Year for Our Deepest Pockets?
Billionaire fortunes have shriveled a bit over the past year. Billionaire power hasn’t.