Billionaire Pandemic Wealth Gain Could Pay For Biden’s American Families Plan
U.S. billionaires have reaped $1.8 trillion in wealth gains since March 2020.
Bracing for a Surge of Trumpism in the Twilight of the Pandemic
More infectious strains of Trumpism are emerging for which we haven’t yet developed a vaccine.
Biden’s Unconscionable Military Budget
With the Afghanistan War finally ending, we shouldn’t squander our “peace dividend” on costly weapons or military bloat.
How CEOs Pumped Up Their Pandemic Paychecks
While low-wage employees lost hours, jobs, and lives, their CEOs got raises. It’s time to tax huge CEO-worker pay gaps.
Corporations Should Not Have the Power to Undermine the Global Battle Against COVID-19
Even if governments agree to suspend patent protections for vaccines, corporations can fight back with expensive lawsuits.
What’s up With the Herd?
The United States won’t achieve herd immunity because a significant portion of the herd is suffering from mad cow disease.
Employers: If You Want Workers, Pay a Living Wage
It’s not that people don’t want to work — it’s that they don’t want to work for so little.
How Corporations Pumped Up CEO Pay While Their Low-Wage Workers Suffered in the Pandemic
More than half of the country’s 100 largest low-wage employers rigged pay rules in 2020 to give CEOs 29 percent average raises while their frontline employees made 2 percent less.
The Man for the Moment Who Must Do More
Biden deserves praise for going big and bold on the economy. Let’s push him to go bigger and bolder.
Care Advocates Celebrate Big Wins in American Families Plan
Their mantra? Celebrate today. Organize tomorrow.
Progressives Urge Biden to Go Bigger, Bolder, Faster in Spending and Tax Plans
Leading research and movement organizations and progressive Democrats call for rapid passage of legislation to transform the economy.
Migrant Women Farmworkers: An Invisible Essential Labor Force
The Biden administration must address the industry’s long-standing gender discrimination and systemic inequalities, which have become even more severe during the pandemic.
Biden’s Plan Invests in Quality Home Care, Not Dangerous For-Profit Nursing Homes
New research reveals nursing homes owned by private equity investors have higher death rates.
Global Billionaire Wealth Surges $4 Trillion Over Pandemic
A Warren-Jayapal style wealth tax on global billionaires would raise $345 billion in its first year. The cost of vaccinating the world is estimated at $141.2 billion.
One Year In: How Militarism Made the Pandemic Worse
When the world needed collaboration across borders to control the pandemic, U.S. militarism led to the opposite. We must change course.