Our current national confusion over wealth taxes serves only the wealthy.
Financial Reserves and the Racial Wealth Gap
Black and Latinx households have less to fall back on when the times get tough.
Black and Latinx households have less to fall back on when the times get tough.
Why Can’t Ceos Pay for Their Own 3-Martini Lunch?
Buried in the COVID relief deal is a provision that will require taxpayers to subsidize lavish business meals for corporate executives.
Buried in the COVID relief deal is a provision that will require taxpayers to subsidize lavish business meals for corporate executives.
The COVID Deal Is a Welcome Stopgap. Congressional Progressives Aim for Much More in 2021.
The progressive caucus has unveiled a legislative agenda designed to meet the scale of the pandemic catastrophe and reduce our vulnerability to future crises.
The progressive caucus has unveiled a legislative agenda designed to meet the scale of the pandemic catastrophe and reduce our vulnerability to future crises.
The Rich Are Cheering Wall Street’s Latest Records. Americans of Modest Means Are Draining 401(K)S.
The nation’s woefully inadequate response to the pandemic is jeopardizing millions of retirement futures.
The nation’s woefully inadequate response to the pandemic is jeopardizing millions of retirement futures.
US Billionaire Wealth Surges Past $1 Trillion Since Beginning of Pandemic
It’s going to be a billionaire holiday. The combined wealth of U.S. Billionaires has grown 34 percent since March 2020.
It’s going to be a billionaire holiday. The combined wealth of U.S. Billionaires has grown 34 percent since March 2020.
Facing Holiday Rush, Frontlines Retail Workers Urge Billionaire Bosses To Share the Wealth
This essential workforce is hustling to help holiday shoppers while also organizing for hazard pay and other COVID-19 protections.
This essential workforce is hustling to help holiday shoppers while also organizing for hazard pay and other COVID-19 protections.
After Boosting Low-Income Voter Turnout, Poor People’s Campaign Mobilizes for COVID Relief
People did not turn out in record numbers in the midst of a pandemic to vote for a return to normal. They want policy change based on a moral agenda.
People did not turn out in record numbers in the midst of a pandemic to vote for a return to normal. They want policy change based on a moral agenda.
Why Don’t People Call You a Genius? You Don’t Have a Billion Dollars.
The latest Forbes 400 can help us see why you don’t need a great intellect to become insanely wealthy.
The latest Forbes 400 can help us see why you don’t need a great intellect to become insanely wealthy.
14 Successful Ballot Initiatives To Reduce Inequality
On November 3, voters in many states and cities approved a variety of inequality-related proposals, from taxing the wealthy to increasing the minimum wage and tenant protections.
On November 3, voters in many states and cities approved a variety of inequality-related proposals, from taxing the wealthy to increasing the minimum wage and tenant protections.
Vacant Housing
A new report addresses housing shortages and vacancies in Los Angeles.
A new report addresses housing shortages and vacancies in Los Angeles.
Will Today’s Millennials Ever Live in a More Equal USA?
If current distributional trends continue, new Fed wealth data suggest, our future divides will be even wider.
If current distributional trends continue, new Fed wealth data suggest, our future divides will be even wider.
Inequality in America: Far Beyond Extreme
The maldistribution of America’s income and wealth has reached levels that our conventional economic stats have trouble revealing.
The maldistribution of America’s income and wealth has reached levels that our conventional economic stats have trouble revealing.
Updates: Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers
Check back for our regular updates on U.S. unemployment and billionaire wealth during the pandemic emergency.
Check back for our regular updates on U.S. unemployment and billionaire wealth during the pandemic emergency.
The Biden Tax Plan: The More Progressives Look, the More Progressives Like
This package of serious tax-the-rich proposals will have no easy road through Congress.
This package of serious tax-the-rich proposals will have no easy road through Congress.
Welcome to Hectobillionaire Land
The concentration of america's wealth has gone into overdrive
The concentration of america’s wealth has gone into overdrive