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The Oligarchic Dozen: Top 12 US billionaires amass $2 trillion in...

The wealth of America’s richest 12 billionaires has doubled since 2020, raising concerns about democracy, climate, and economic inequality.

Undocumented immigrants pay higher tax rates than top 1% in most...

New study reveals that undocumented immigrants pay nearly $100 billion in taxes annually, contributing more to state and local revenues than the wealthiest Americans in most states, while being excluded from the social programs they help fund.

New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s,...

This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.

Billionaires’ wealth skyrockets by 114% amid global poverty surge

This extraordinary accumulation of wealth comes at a time when nearly 5 billion people globally grapple with the challenges of inflation, war, and the climate crisis, slipping further into poverty.

The Pandemic is us (but now mostly them)

Power, wealth, and justice in the time of COVID-19.

U.S. billionaire wealth surges as COVID-19 pandemic worsens

As percentage of wealth, billionaire taxes have fallen 79% since 1980.

In divided Alaska, the choice is between paying for government or...

Alaskans will soon confront the dramatic effects of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes of US$444 million from the state operating budget of $8.3 billion,...

How wealthy have our super wealthy become?

It turns out we know far less, by contrast, about Americans who live amid great wealth.

Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the rest

Meanwhile, most Americans are subject to an increasingly harsh and arbitrary capitalism.

The big economic switcheroo

America’s wealthy have never been wealthier. They should pay their fair share of taxes. The big switcheroo should be reversed.

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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.

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?

Rahm Emanuel is right on core party changes, but for progressives misses the big...

“The bullies don’t stop hitting you because you’re nice to them. They stop hitting you when you knock them out.”

Elon Musk endorses Germany’s far-right Neo-Nazi party amid Sanders’ warning of authoritarian oligarchy

Amid criticism from Bernie Sanders for undermining democracy, Elon Musk endorses Germany’s Alternative for Germany party, known for its neo-Nazi ties and extremist platform.

Archiving as resistance to genocide denial in Gaza

To this day, they have logged more than 500 instances, so we discussed their motives for doing this work, the challenges they face and lessons learned along the way.