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 ...
June 2, 2020"I need to be clearer and louder in our community about what I believe our school is for. The purpose of our school isn’t simply to develop college and career ready students. I believe in my heart that developing citizens, with a clear and purposeful focus on social justice, is part of who we can and must be. But I need to say that and I need to say it loudly and publicly."
April 8, 2020Voting rights. The Republican Party “would rather try to keep people from voting than lose,” David Daley tells Bill. Daley is a reporter who has written extensively about gerrymandering and voting rights — and fired up a generation of activists fighting for free and fair elections.
April 7, 2020Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate
October 9, 2018This is the boldest, bravest and most bracing book about politics that I have read this year.
December 19, 2017Reporters, editors and bloggers have some strong opinions on how the media fared this year.
December 18, 2017Trump has consistently sold out the blue-collar, socially conservative whites who brought him to power, while pursuing policies to enrich his fellow plutocrats. What might he do to keep the "base" on his side?
December 8, 2017Even the DREAM Act promises too little for too small a group. We must do more.
December 7, 2017Policy riders buried in tax and spending bills would let in more political money, less light.
December 6, 2017Republicans have long dreamed of destroying the social safety net once and for all; this bill finally threatens to accomplish that.
