Pentagon Fails Its Sixth Audit
Every year that members of Congress vote for budget boosts to this agency with no strings attached, they choose to spend untold billions on war with no accountability.
Patriotic Millionaires to High Court: Don’t Preempt Taxing Grand Fortune
A wrong decision in the Moore case could set back tax justice for years.
Biden’s Base Is Sending Him a Wake-up Call On Israel-Palestine
As the horrifying human costs in Gaza escalate, progressives are calling on the president to call for a ceasefire.
The Huge Paradox at Biden’s Summit of Latin American Leaders
While claiming to support social and environmental goals, leaders failed to challenge the excessive corporate powers that undermine those objectives.
Israel, Ukraine, the Border: What’s in Biden’s $105 Billion Military Bill
The package includes $7.2 billion for direct military financing to Ukraine ($1.7 billion), Israel ($3.5 billion), and the Indo-Pacific ($2 billion).
A Series of Ups and Downs for Immigrants in the U.S.
We must shift the scale away from subsidized violence and towards sustaining the protection and enrichment of immigrant communities.
Our Political System Is Failing Our Planet. Climate Marchers Show There’s Another Way.
We need a fundamental political, economic, and social transformation to take on the climate crisis with true urgency.
A Telling Tale of Two Press Lords
Rupert Murdoch made the world safe for grand fortune. E.W. Scripps had a better idea.
Poverty Made an Alarming Jump. Congress Should Have Stopped It.
It’s time for policymakers to listen to American workers and families instead of billionaires and corporate bosses.
It Isn’t Nice, But Climate Activists Will Block the Doorways
“There are nicer ways to do it. But the nice ways always fail.”
The Tie That Truly Binds Grand Fortune and Great Talent
Our world’s richest are increasingly monopolizing the smarts of our smartest.
Which Nation Has Taxed the Rich the Most?
Britain and the United States once competed for that honor. Times have changed.
The 100 Largest Low-Wage Employers Have Spent $341 Billion on Stock Buybacks Since 2020
A new report reveals how stock buybacks have inflated CEO paychecks and widened pay gaps at the 100 largest low-wage corporations.
We Still Have a Dream
Sixty years after Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, our racial economic divide is vast as ever. But it can still be closed — and quickly.
Oligarchy Has Arrived. Congress Must Take Notice — and Act!
An innovative tax-the-rich proposal now before lawmakers would reverse the wealth concentration that’s suffocating our democracy