Tag: wage gap
Wall Street bonuses soar by 20%, nearly 5 times the increase...
Due to Washington inaction, millions of essential workers continue to earn poverty wages, while the reckless bonus culture is alive and well on Wall Street.
Top CEOs made nearly 300 times more than the median employee...
“Working people bore the brunt of COVID-19 and its impact on the U.S. economy.”
Raising the minimum wage is a health issue, too
Study after study has linked higher income to better health.
A bold new idea to boost wages
I’m talking about expanding something called the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC. And although it’s been around for decades, it can be the basis of a revolutionary change in the lives of millions of people.
House unveils Paycheck Fairness Act to address unfair pay gaps in...
"Because it is time that we pay people what they are worth and not how little they are desperate enough to accept."
Why do corporate boards so overpay US CEOs?
Corporate boards simply play by market rules. If they don’t, they risk losing their executive talent.
Bernie Sanders takes on corporate power and wealth inequality during town...
"This is what a rigged economy looks like and it must end."
Sanders hosts ‘CEOs vs. Workers’ town hall to take on ‘extravagant’...
Join Bernie Sanders, along with workers from Amazon, Disney, McDonald’s, American Airlines and Walmart, for a town hall tonight at 7 p.m.
As global 1% seize economy’s gains, ‘unprecedented wage stagnation’ for everyone...
"With workers worldwide being left behind, we need to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the few at the top."
Can anything bring CEO pay back down to Earth?
If we want to reverse soaring income inequality, curbing CEO pay has to be on the agenda.
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Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?
Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.
Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence
The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.
The world’s four legacy empires going down
In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.
Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor
Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.
It was the rage of the age
Was Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private research facility in Suffolk County, pivotal to the spread of eugenics through the United States and world?