A New Landmark in CEO-Worker Pay Ratio Disclosure
Honeywell has just revealed a 333:1 gap between the compensation of the 143,000-employee firm’s top executive and most typical workers.
Taxing Wealth to Make Public College Free Again
California’s ballot initiative aims to make college tuition-free by reinstating the estate tax.
Romance in an Age of Grand Fortunes
New research suggests large incomes can doom relationships right from the start.
Proposal to Let Bosses Keep Workers’ Tips Provokes Investigation
Abolishing the regulation affirming that tips are the property of the employee would make women and people of color more vulnerable to exploitation.
One Year of Trump: Boomtimes for Billionaires
The Trump tenure has been boom times for those at the top. For the rest of the country, economic opportunity looks bleak.
What Happens When Wall Street Becomes Your Landlord?
Wall Street rental empires pit the profits of investors against the needs of tenants — leading to absurd rent increases, dangerous negligence, and high eviction rates.
Do the Poor Deserve Health Care? These Politicians Say No.
Billionaire-backed politicians are turning Kentucky’s health care miracle into a tragedy.
Iran’s Protests Take Place Against a Backdrop of Inequality
Regardless of the future of the demonstrations, the government must deal with long-standing economic tension.
Who Owns Tips? If Trump’s Department of Labor Gets Its Way, Not Workers
A new proposal would take tips out of the hands of the people who earn them.
Alabama Upset Sparks Calls to Slow Down GOP Tax Push
A slowdown would give the public more time to learn about the bill and all the ways it’s designed to further enrich the wealthy.
Kristi Noem Is Cashing Millions in Taxpayer-Funded Subsidies While Claiming the Estate Tax Hurt Her Family
The South Dakota Congresswoman sits on the Congressional conference committee hashing out the final version of the Republican tax bill. Whose interests is she serving?
The GOP Tax Plan Is Igniting a Movement for a Moral Economy
While Republicans may succeed in scoring a short term win for their donors, their tax plan is sparking a new moral movement against inequality.
Maintaining Momentum Against the Tax Bill
Protesters around the country are putting pressure on Congress amid the rush to pass Trump tax cuts.
My No Good, Very Bad Tax Vote Day
As I struggled my way through a crumbling transit system, the Senate was preparing to pass a tax plan that will decimate the resources needed to fix our nation’s infrastructure.
The Government Has Failed the Poor Time and Time Again. Now, They’re Failing the Middle Class,Too.
Since 1980, government programs have been failing America’s poor. The GOP tax legislation essentially re-engineers government to fail America’s middle class, too.