The Far Right Continues to Build Its International
Donald Trump and his allies around the world are still alive and kicking.
Donald Trump and his allies around the world are still alive and kicking.
The longer it takes the world to get vaccinated, the more variants we’ll see.
Europe is ahead of much of the world in combining decarbonization with an equitable shift to clean energy. And it’s still not enough.
Congressional paralysis, voter suppression, and widespread political polarization all suggest that American democracy is far from exemplary.
If economic growth ushered in this era of climate change, how can economic growth also be part of the solution?
This problem of rogue actors has long bedeviled the United Nations. But the rise of right-wing populists who insist on their sovereign right to do whatever they please poses an additional challenge to the international community.
Trump didn’t just tie his successor’s hands. He handcuffed them to the throttle of a runaway train.
The Ways and Means Committee plan would make a down payment on much-needed public investments but doesn’t go far enough to address wealth inequality.
Revenue options that would also curb runaway executive pay have strong appeal across the political spectrum.
The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11
“Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars. It has cost the lives of civilians and troops lost in war, and the lives ended or torn apart by our brutal and punitive immigration, policing and mass incarceration systems.”
While workers are continuing to struggle under COVID, corporate lobbyists are converging on Capitol Hill to block proposed pro-labor reforms.
Billionaires have profiteered $5.5 trillion during the COVID crisis. We should tax this windfall, says inequality researcher Omar Ocampo, to fund vaccines for all. Listen to the full interview at […]
The combined wealth of the world’s billionaires spiked to more than $13.5 trillion since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, a gain of more than $5.5 trillion since the […]
A one-time tax on the billionaires’ collective wealth earned during the pandemic could finance vaccines for all adults across the globe, according to a new report. Drawing on data from Forbes, […]