Some donor-advised fund sponsors claim to democratize giving. They are making themselves look more egalitarian than they actually are.
Read moreEconomic Justice
Combating inequality means both lifting up and building power at the bottom, and breaking up concentration of wealth and power at the top. That’s why we work at the intersection of economic and racial justice through projects designed to build leadership and self-empowerment of black workers, immigrant workers, and low-wage workers, youth and families affected by incarceration, along with projects aiming to reverse the rules that criminalize poor people of color, and projects fighting to ensure that the wealthy and Wall Street corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
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Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth: Up 88% over Four Years
Four years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has 737 billionaires with a combined wealth of $5.529 trillion.
Read moreBiden’s Populist Budget Marks the Overdue End of Trickle-Down Economics
A budget that reflects the needs of the people rather than corporate profit and excessive wealth is a good step in the right direction.
Read moreWhat Are Donor-Advised Funds and How Do They Work?
DAFs channel huge amounts of cash to ‘culture war’ groups – anonymously. Why do people get tax breaks for using them?
Read moreFor America’s Wealthy, a Sweet Start to Our 21st Century
Greasing the way: three different — and massive — rounds of rich people-friendly tax cuts
Read moreCorporations That Pay Their Executives More Than Uncle Sam
Tesla, Ford, Netflix, and T-Mobile are among scores of profitable U.S. firms that pay their top executives more than they pay in federal taxes.
Read moreNew Report from Americans for Tax Fairness and Institute for Policy Studies Reveals 35 Big Corporations That Paid Their Top Executives More Than They Paid in Federal Taxes
Those firms not only paid less to the federal government than their top bosses between 2018-22— they paid less than nothing to Uncle Sam, instead receiving almost $2 billion in cumulative refunds.
Read moreMilitarized Funding in Biden Budget Totals Well Over $1 Trillion (and it will grow)
Unless the administration changes its approach, these wars will continue to deprive us of the security we actually need.
Read moreThe Gilded Age Then, The Gildest Age Now
Our world’s deepest pockets are still buzzing about this year’s — this century’s — biggest bash yet.
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