A Lousy New Year for Workers
General Motors executives could claim today that what’s good for their company is good for the country if they were talking about China.
Misdemeanors for the Rich
Instead of stopping to render aid to the man he’d just hit, the money man sped away in his Mercedes Benz.
Not Much to Celebrate with Obama’s Tax Deal
It could spell trouble for Social Security.
Heave Ho
There’s only one small flaw with this whole system.
Obama Tax Deal Further Concentrates Wealth: Stop the Death Spiral to Plutocracy
President Obama’s tax deal fails the moral test by worsening America’s inequality of wealth and power.
Public School Funding: Separate and Skewed
In some states, districts with higher poverty rates actually receive less funding than more affluent districts.
ISO: Obama’s Campaign-Trail Eloquence
I can’t understand how the Obama administration became so inarticulate.
Recession? What Recession?
The rich are getting richer and the poor, poorer, with many who used to be middle class sliding into the second camp.
Race and Economics: A Nation and Its Capital Divided
The best hope I see for the country and it’s cities, like Washington DC, is that sooner rather than latter the electorate recognizes that changing politicians isn’t a change we can believe in, rather the country must radically change the trickle down, deregulated economy which has maintained racial divisions and increased economic inequality.
Mapping Global Wealth
Credit Suisse reveals the world’s staggering inequality.
Washington at Work–for the Wealthy
Uncle Sam is concentrating America’s wealth, not sharing it.
Four Hundred Thousand Reasons to Vote
Millions of women could be pushed out of the middle class and into poverty.
Save the Billionaires’ Tax Loophole
These pampered people say being taxed like us commoners would amount to persecution.
Save the Billionaires
The very thought of fair taxation threatens their existence.
A Radical Agenda in Troubled Times
In a Congress controlled by the emerging far-right wing of the Republican Party, the winners would be the people who are already winning.