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What will nearly $1 billion mean for Russell and surrounding west Louisville neighborhoods?
Chanelle Helm buries her chin and nose beneath her black scarf, a rather weak defense against the sting of a 20-degree morning. Her black boots crunch across the lawn of…
Meet the Cathys, heirs to the Chick-fil-A empire, who have a fortune of more than $11 billion and are one of America’s wealthiest family ‘dynasties’
When it comes to the Cathy family’s reported $11 billion fortune, it’s all about the fried chicken. That’s because the Cathys are the family behind the Chick-fil-A empire. S. Truett Cathy officially…
‘Marie Antoinette’ Comes to House Hearing So Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Has a Partner in Arms
Marie Antoinette traveled over two centuries into the future to express solidarity with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross at a House hearing Thursday. “Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and several other members…
Hawaii Projects Could be Defunded to Pay for Border Wall
More than $300 million in funding for military construction projects in Hawaii could potentially be diverted to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. After declaring a national emergency, President…
Ilhan Omar Supporters Slam Democratic Leadership: ‘It is No Longer Political Suicide to Criticize Israel’
Rallying in support of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), under fire for comments about Israel and Jews, Muslim, left-wing Jewish and other figures said Wednesday the U.S. was undergoing a time of…
Investor Jeremy Grantham: You have to tax the super rich
The U.S. should increase taxes on the wealthy as the disparity between the rich and poor has reached extreme levels, investor Jeremy Grantham said Thursday. “I arrived in 1964, and…
Young Black Feminists Have Some Pointers for Obama
Barack Obama didn’t break any new ground when, at last month’s national gathering of the “My Brother’s Keeper Alliance” in Oakland, California, he cracked jokes about the self-defeating qualities of a certain…
US House Democrats delay anti-Semitism resolution amid pressure
US House Democrats have delayed a vote on a second resolution condemning anti-Semitism as politicians squabble over its wording, according to US media. The resolution, which was slated for a…
Dynastic wealth may be fueling the widening gap between America’s rich and poor — here’s how the wealthy keep their money in the family
The gap between the rich and the poor in America has widened — and dynastic wealth, which has been bemoaned by Warren Buffett, may be a factor. Dynastic wealth occurs when families pass…
Bill Gates: ‘For the first time in my life, people are saying, Okay, should you have billionaires?’
In America capitalism generates a lot of wealth, but it’s landing in the hands of a very, very few. Microsoft co-founder Gates, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett collectively have more wealth than the 160 million poorest…
The New 30-Something
It’s the financial riddle of the 30-something years. How does anyone, even those with a stable, upwardly mobile job, let alone a family, afford to live in places like New York…
Why the pay gap for black women isn’t shrinking fast enough
African-American women are coming together to rise above gender inequality. Women of color represented the majority of new women elected to Congress in the 2018 midterm elections, and state and local elections…
The tiny tax could raise billions: A levy on stock transactions would combat income inequality, too
With great fanfare, politicians on the left are thinking big on tax reform: a 70% rate on incomes more than $10 million, a wealth tax on the super-rich, estate taxes…
Flat Broke, Black Voters Want More Than Just Another Black President
Sen. Cory Booker’s announcement on February 1 that he is entering the 2020 presidential race brings the number of African-American Democrats seeking their party’s nomination to two, making the crowded primary field…
Warren Buffett on wealth inequality: ‘A rich family’ takes care of its own and the US should too
Investing tycoon Warren Buffett has benefited handsomely from the United States’ market economy. At 88, the CEO and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway is currently worth $83.3 billion, according to Forbes. He has more money that he…
A series of drug seizures show the empty promise of Trump’s border wall
Last week was a good one for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. On Tuesday, agents at Pharr International Bridge in McAllen, TX, stopped a truck carrying a shipment of frozen…
US inequality is only getting worse, and the ‘dynastic wealth’ bemoaned by Warren Buffett may be one of the reasons why
The median American family owns just over $80,000 in household wealth, while 15 family dynasties own a combined $618 billion. That’s according to the left-leaning Institute for Policy Studies’ Billionaire Bonanza report, which…
Here Are the 5 Worst States in America for the Middle Class
The American middle class is shrinking. A Fortune investigation in December found that American workers today have the largest amount of consumer debt ever measured, less purchasing power than their 1973 counterparts, and higher odds…
Progressive Solutions to Reducing the Racial Wealth Gap
As America grows to be a more diverse society, in many ways, it has also become a far more unequal one. American inequality has fluidly adapted to prevailing federal, state,…
2020 Democratic candidates publicly blast the rich while privately taking their donations
LOS ANGELES — As 2020 Democrats settle in for the long haul, there is another race getting little attention – convincing millionaires and fat cat donors to buy into a candidate’s progressive…
Great Decisions series tackles opioid crisis
WOOSTER — As panelists at the College of Wooster examined the opioid problem in a session of this year’s Great Decisions series, one of the three suggested the war on…
No walls, no wars!
On Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day in the U.S., the world once again witnessed a president with no heart. One might even argue with no brain. If this was Oz, it…
Stop bragging about minority unemployment rates
At every rally, during every speech, during many cabinet meetings and often on Twitter, President Donald Trump asserts a fact as evidence of the nation’s strong economy: Unemployment rates for…
The Movement and 2020 Elections
The political system in the United States is a plutocracy, one that works for the benefit of the wealthy, not the people. Although we face growing crises on multiple fronts…
Americans should know where tax dollars go
I am concerned about the poor. Mostly, I am concerned about the public’s misconceptions about the poor. I can’t count how many times I hear “I pay taxes so they…
Response to Trump’s “New” Africa Strategy
This week, Netfa Freeman joins the Peace Report to address this so-called “new” Africa strategy. Freeman responds to each of the 3 points stated by Bolton, the history of U.S.…
Ted Cruz wants El Chapo to pay for the wall
A bill proposed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) would seize billions of dollars from drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to pay for President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. ……
The Green New Deal may be falling short on its environmental justice promise
A key factor in the momentum behind the Green New Deal is its promised blend of environmental policy, job creation, and social justice — specifically centering on the experiences and…
Why Trump Won’t Get the Black Vote
President Trump barely mentioned African Americans in his recent State of the Union address. The one exception was when he boasted that the unemployment rates for blacks, Hispanics and Asian Americans “have…
Netfa discusses U.S. imperialism, AFRICOM with Freedom Now
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