A U.S.-led G20 for the Billionaires?
Rather than building on recent efforts to address inequality, the Trump administration’s agenda for the 2026 G20 presidency is likely to prioritize elite and corporate interests.
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Attacks on Mail Voting are Attacks on the Working Class
Trump’s executive order to restrict voting by mail would raise the economic barriers to exercising a basic democratic right.
Two Bold Proposals to Tax Wealth Across the Land
Wealth tax proposals from Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren show a growing appetite to rein in the rich.
Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q&A with Austin Frerick
Corporate consolidation in America’s food industry is making food more expensive and worse. What can we do about it?
To Make America Healthy Again, Break up Big Ag
Despite the MAHA rhetoric, President Trump keeps siding with Big Ag, factory farms, and toxic pesticide producers that are making Americans sick.
Taking Aim at Overpaid CEOs
Landmark San Francisco and Los Angeles ballot initiatives aim to hike taxes on corporations with huge gaps between CEO and worker pay.
Sixteen Billionaires Who Made Their Fortunes Off the Backs of Low-Wage Workers
Such obscene inequality is spurring actions to use tax policy to shrink billionaire fortunes.
The Billionaire Circus Is Back. Forgive Me If I Don’t Clap.
The annual rankings of the world’s wealthiest are the opposite of light entertainment.
We Went on Rent Strike and Won
My fellow tenants and I were able to win rent relief and repairs at Bowen Tower Apartments in Raytown, Missouri.
Union Candidates Can Win Back Working-Class Voters
Candidates with union backgrounds can help labor and the Democratic Party, a new report argues, but they are rarely recruited to run.
Rural America Needs to Band Together Against Corporate Greed
New schemes for fully robotic farming could push the last remaining farmers — and their communities — to fold.
Adios Kristi! Noem’s Long History of Lying to Protect the Powerful
Nearly a decade before she was the public face of DHS, Noem’s tall tales about the estate tax helped gut one of the few remaining checks on elite fortunes.