America Bears Responsibility for Libya’s Slave Auctions
The emergence of slave auctions in Libya have a basis in catastrophic Western military intervention.
The GOP’s Great Depression Tax Plan
What history will the 2017 tax clash end up making?
Trump’s Tax Cuts Are the Biggest Wealth Grab in Modern History
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is nothing short of a boon to the very wealthy at the expense of everyone else.
Black and Latino Families Will Be Broke in a Few Decades if We Don’t Fix the Wealth Divide
New research shows that if the growing racial wealth divide is left unchecked, median Black and Latino families will become penniless within a few decades. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Why Martin Shkreli Won’t Be the Last Pharma Bro
How Shkreli got rich in the first place remains not just legal but celebrated.
The Seattle Minimum Wage Study Is Utter B.S.
Fortunately for workers, credible research still points to raising the minimum wage as one reliable solution to the scourge of inequality.
It’s Time for Trump to Do Something About High CEO Pay
Candidate Trump repeatedly bashed high CEO pay, but President Trump has done very little to address CEO pay ratios.
Why JFK Wouldn’t Recognize Today’s Free Trade Deals
As President Obama tries to save the Trans-Pacific Partnership this week, debates over the goals of free trade intensifies.
The London Whale-Sized Loopholes in Wall Street Pay Reform
While the European Union’s new banker pay standards may be imperfect, they do represent tougher regulations that the U.S. can learn from.
How Obamacare can end bloated CEO pay
A section of President Obama’s signature health care reform law closes the ‘performance pay’ loophole for health insurance companies. Now it’s time to apply this across corporate America.