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Increasing Cultural Competency For Estate-Planning Lawyers
Historically, the United States systemically excluded women and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) from land ownership, wealth accumulation, and legal assistance. As a result, these marginalized groups could…
6 Children Reportedly Killed During US Raid in Syria
United States Special Forces carried out a major raid in northwest Syria in the early hours of Thursday morning that reportedly resulted in the killing of more than a dozen…
Tax-Dodging Billionaire Dynasties Could Cost US $8.4 Trillion: Report
Over the next few decades, the richest American families could avoid paying about $8.4 trillion in taxes, or more than four times the cost of the stalled Build Back Better…
Serial Entrepreneur Launches Black-American Wealth Building Homeownership Movement
During Black History Month, Gary O. Shelton is launching WOW-With Ownership Wealth to close the racial homeownership gap. In September 2021 Gary and his business partner, Herbert J. Strather, at…
Report: Taxing Extreme Wealth
Omar Ocampo joins Julianne Malveaux to discuss the findings of the new Taxing Extreme Wealth report. Listen to the interview at KPFT.
Report: Taxing the World’s Richest
Chuck Collins joins KPFA’s The Sunday Show to discuss a new report, “Taxing Extreme Wealth.” Listen to the program at KPFA.
Billions Struggle to Survive During Pandemic, Billionaire Wealth “Spiraling out of Control”
As the World Economic Forum met in Davos, Switzerland, a network of nonprofits released a report, “Taxing Extreme Wealth.” To discuss the findings of the report, Omar Ocampo joined Harrison’s Reality…
‘Step Up and Do the Right Thing’: Groups Urge Congress to Pass Build Back Better Bill
In the face of a massive corporate lobbying blitz and continuing opposition from Republican and right-wing Democratic U.S. lawmakers to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan, 93 advocacy groups on Thursday sent a letter…
Coalition urges Congress to ‘stand up to pressure from corporate lobbyists’
A coalition of 93 labor, environmental and progressive groups on Thursday urged Democratic lawmakers to reject efforts from corporate lobbyists to water down the party’s $3.5 trillion spending plan. … Read the…
The War on Terror Militarized America More Than Ever
According to a recently published report from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPC), America has spent a whopping $21 trillion on militarization since 9/11. It’s an astonishing figure, so large it can be difficult…
What was, what might have been, what could be: War money spent elsewhere
Some people consider the $3.5 trillion infrastructure proposal being proposed by congressional Democrats a huge chunk of change. But it pales compared to various estimates of military spending against a…
Taliban installs Afghan interim government
Khury Petersen-Smith joins KPFA to discuss the Taliban installing an interim government in Afghanistan. … Read the full article at KPFA.
As Biden Popularity Falls, Democrats Fear Losing Senate, 30 to 50 House Seats
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. President Joe Biden was supposed to usher in the era of adults in charge again, after a Donald Trump presidency that saw scandal after scandal and seemed…
Getting The “Uber-Rich” To Pay Their Share
The top 7 wealthiest individuals in the U. S. have just accumulated over $1 Trillion between them, and only pay around 2-3% in taxes (vs. 15-18% of “typical” taxpayers), using…
Report: Less Than a Decade Remains for Climate Action
Less than a decade remains to avoid potentially catastrophic impacts of a warming planet, according to the latest report from top scientists. John Crabtree, campaign representative for the Sierra Club’s…
U.S. In The State Of Insecurity
A recent report, “STATE OF INSECURITY: The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11“, co-authored by Lindsay Koshgarian of the National Priorities Project, looks in detail at the monies spent by the U.…
They Have The Reparations Money: The US Has Spent $21 Trillion On The Military Since 9/11
One of the arguments against the U.S. paying reparations to the descendants of American slaves is that such a program would be too expensive — that the U.S. just can’t…
Millennial lawmakers offer fresh takes on foreign policy ahead of 9/11 anniversary
Millennials who were just kids on 9/11 are now old enough to hold office. Research shows they’re likely to see the world much differently than older generations because of their…
Money spent on war on terror prompts thoughts of what might have been, what could be
Some people consider the $3.5 trillion infrastructure proposal being proposed by congressional Democrats a huge chunk of change. But it pales compared to various estimates of military spending against a global…
Climate Groups Tell Democrats: Don’t Fuel Hydrogen Hype
Leading national climate, community and environmental groups released a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer today urging them to not to include funds in…
New Report Reveals the High Cost of U.S. Militarism Since 9/11
It’s been 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York City’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and included the hijacking and crashing of four airliners…
Imagine If We Had Spent the Last 20 Years Fighting Climate Change Instead of the War on Terror
Twenty years into a nebulous “War on Terror,” the United States is in the grips of a full-fledged climate crisis. Hurricane Ida, whose severity is a direct result of human-made climate change, flooded cities,…
The Cost of Essential Work for Black Women
On any given day, Deatric Edie is at one of her three jobs managing fast-food establishments. A 42-year-old mother of four, she has been working in the service industry since…
‘Connect-the-dots’ between weapons proliferation and the environment
The numerous consequences of the US obsession to inflict war upon the world are now glaring. The US military is by far the world’s worst polluter and contributor to global…
Ending the War on Terrorism
Phyllis Bennis joins the Sunday Show to discuss the War on Terror and the Afghanistan War. … Read the full article at KPFA.
The US Has Spent $21 Trillion on Militarization Since 9/11
Earlier this week, at a press conference marking the end of the war in Afghanistan, Joe Biden delivered what is arguably the most encouraging remark of his presidency to date: “This decision…
20 years of ‘war on terror’ have caused nearly a million deaths, says report
The US-led war on terror has killed almost a million people and cost USD 8 trillion in the last 20 years, says a report published on Wednesday, September 1, by the Brown…
Estimated Cost of Post-9/11 US Wars Hits $8 Trillion With Nearly a Million People Dead
With the final U.S. soldiers leaving Afghanistan earlier this week after nearly 20 years of occupation and war, a new analysis released Wednesday shows the United States will ultimately spend upwards…
Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits
As Democrats begin the push to invest $3.5 trillion to combat climate change, expand Medicare, ensure child care for working families and more, the age-old question is being repeated in…
Rearranging the Deck Chairs is Not the Change We Need
A story in Monday’s Washington Post told a familiar story. For those with wealth and power talking about the need for systemic change is easy but doesn’t mean that anything…
