U.S. workers, consumers, and taxpayers have a big stake in developing country debt crises — and they have the power to tackle ...
The fight for a wealth proceeds tax in Washington, DC lives on, at least for now. Instead of floating a proposal during this ...
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As we celebrate our country's 250th birthday, the most patriotic thing we can do is remember whose hands this country is ...
Since 2020, we have tracked the money cycling between donor-advised fund sponsors. We found $23.5 billion over the five years from 2020 to 2024, and $7.5 billion in 2024 alone — all of which counts, ...
Recent reporting has confirmed what many working people already feel every day: companies are using personal data to decide the lowest wage someone will accept. What working people are calling ...
One of the great injustices of our current tax system is that working people often end up subsidizing the luxury consumption of the billionaire class. One example of this phenomena can be found in the ...
A recent analysis from the Tax Foundation argues that the U.S. federal income tax system remains solidly progressive. Citing new IRS data for tax year 2023, the group is emphasizing that high-income ...
This May Day, workers, students, and families across the country are set to turn out in the thousands or even millions to make their voices heard against the growing power of the billionaire class.
Donald Trump loathes mail-in voting — except, of course, when he uses this method to cast his own ballot, as he did in a recent Florida special election. Frustrated by Congressional inaction, Trump ...
How can the U.S. reverse democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power? A federal annual wealth tax must be part of the equation. The richest 0.1 percent — the top one-thousandth of ...
I wrote my first post for Inequality.org, Our First Trillionaire: Only a Matter of Time, over twelve years ago. I hoped, at the time, that the post would age poorly. After all, the presence of a ...