Nurses are Standing Up to Profiteers and Demanding Universal Healthcare
The first-ever Senate hearing on Medicare for All examined how our profit-driven healthcare system endangers patients and betrays nurses.
In the Latest Round of Budgetary Chess, Progressive Caucus Leader Jayapal Played a Shrewd Gambit
The Seattle Democrat has been willing to take the heat to secure a down payment on an agenda for economic equity and sustainability.
Despite Republican Boycott, Dems Launch New Inequality Committee
Over the next two years, they will study the problem of economic disparity and develop policy solutions.
America’s Billionaires: Borrowing Their Way to Ever More Fabulous Fortunes
The great painter Diego Rivera would not appreciate what our richest are using for collateral.
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.
We Should Tax Billionaires’ Wealth to Help Pay for the Pandemic Recovery
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s bill would levy a small tax on billionaire fortunes. It could raise billions for recovery—and help protect our democracy.
Time for the Warren-Jayapal Wealth Tax
Billionaires have reaped tremendous gains during the pandemic. A wealth tax will slow the build-up of democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power.