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  • Environment
    Commentary: Meet the "New Koch Brothers"
    March 12, 2021
    | Lynn Stuart Parramore
    The Hedge Fund Activists Wrecking America’s Green New Deal
  • Inequality
    Super Bowl Sweep
    February 7, 2021
    | Chuck Collins and Omar Ocampo
    Who wins? Well, it's not the fans.
  • Inequality
    Pandemic Billionaires Still Raking It In
    June 4, 2020

    In April 2020 we reported on the release of the report "Wealth Windfalls, Tumbling Taxes, and Pandemic Profiteers” from Institute for Policy Studies. That study showed that between January 1, 2020 and April 10, 2020, 34 of the nation’s wealthiest 170 billionaires saw their wealth increase by tens of millions of dollars. Now, in an update to that report, the Institute for Policy Studies has released new figures that show that during the pandemic — while unemployment ...

  • Inequality
    Why We Need to Confront the Billionaires’ Paradise
    November 14, 2017
    | Richard Eskow
    It’s time to “strike back” against the undemocratic and unequal state of our own country and the Western world.
  • Inequality
    The Deep State 2.0
    March 2, 2017
    | Mike Lofgren
    How President Trump’s fake populism bails out the 1 percent.
  • Economy & Work
    Trump’s First Test on Taxes
    January 26, 2017
    | Chuck Collins
    Trump's voters didn't vote to make the richest richer, but the Republican Congress is about to.
  • Activism
    Trump’s Second Gilded Age
    December 12, 2016
    | Henry Giroux
    In the face of Trump’s draconian assault on democracy, it is crucial to rethink mechanisms of a repressive politics.
  • How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights
    May 27, 2015
    | Ari Berman
    Fifty years ago, African-Americans were denied the right to vote. Now the vast majority of Americans are being denied the rightful value of their vote.
  • Surprise! Big Campaign Gifts Have Strings Attached
    January 6, 2015
    | Michael Winship
    As the new Congress convenes, deep-pocketed campaign donors have their wish lists ready.
  • Win or Lose, Big Money Still Matters
    November 6, 2014
    | Bill Allison
    While big Dem donors like Tom Steyer lament Tuesday's return on their investment, they should take heart: big money — even losing big money — matters in Washington.


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