Fact Sheet: Congressional Progressive Caucus Priorities
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a bold agenda for 2021. This fact sheet analyzes the implications of these priorities for the American people.
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.
America’s Destructive Denialisms
The refusal of tens of millions of Americans to recognize the election results is part of a much larger denialism — of COVID-19, of climate change, and U.S. decline.
MacKenzie Scott’s Bold and Direct Giving Puts Shame to the Billionaire Class and Their Perpetual Private Foundations.
The billionaire philanthropist continues to defy the charitable norms of the 1 percent.
Biden’s Top Trade Official Should Work to Protect Governments From the Rising Number of Corporate Lawsuits
In 2020, foreign investors filed at least 51 known lawsuits demanding huge sums from governments struggling to fight a historic pandemic.
Celebrating the Passage of the Corporate Transparency Act
This week, Congress takes a meaningful step toward eliminating anonymous shell corporations.
Our Youngest ‘Self-Made’ Billionaire, Our Wealthy’s Oldest Bogus Claim
The super rich owe their super fortunes to factors that have little to do with ‘genius.’
Mass Incarceration Is Declining — But Not For Women
The next administration needs to address this crisis and the war on drugs driving it.
Billionaire Made $1 Trillion Since COVID-19. They Can Afford to Protect Their Workers.
In a holiday shopping season with rampant rates of COVID-19 infection, we must protect frontline workers before it’s too late.
Nothing Fundamental Will Change Without Mass Movements
Real change only happens, the New Deal era suggests, when a president’s ear is hearing the shouts of mass movements.
A Black Agrarian Collective is Working To Build a Self-Sufficient Community
The Maryland-based initiative targets people who have historically helped to build the wealth of this society but had no real participation in that wealth.
Paying Politicians to Criminalize Protest
More communities are protesting pipelines. The fossil fuel industry wants to make that a felony.
Biden Won’t Reset U.S. Foreign Policy On His Own
Biden’s foreign policy team matters less than the world they inherit, policies they pursue, and the pressure they get from progressives.
A Minnesota Cooperative Shares the Wealth While Advancing a Clean Energy Future
Shared ownership is crucial for building the power of communities that have long had their wealth extracted by others.
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.