Trump Takes Food Away From 755,000 Americans Before Christmas
The Trump administration has finalized a rule change to the SNAP program that will take away food from 755,000 Americans...
The Trump administration has finalized a rule change to the SNAP program that will take away food from 755,000 Americans...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday evening called out the news media for focusing their coverage of her proposed Ultra-Millionaires Tax largely...
Billionaires are wailing that wealth tax proposals by Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are attacks on free-market capitalism. Warren “vilifies...
California Congressman Jimmy Gomez on Friday introduced legislation in the Democrat-controlled U.S. House that aims to address “our country’s rapidly...
The Trump administration is trying to change eligibility requirements so that 1 million kids would lose access to free school...
The U.S. tax system is supposed to be progressive, meaning that wealthier households pay a larger share of their income...
When billionaire Jeff Bezos cut health benefits on September 13 for part-time workers at his grocery store Whole Foods the...
In an interview ahead of Labor Day, AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka said workers across the nation are suffering under President...
I keep hearing that the Democratic party has moved “left” and that Democratic candidates may be “too far left”. But...
Adding to the mountain of statistical evidence showing the severity of U.S. inequality, an analysis published Friday found that the top one percent of...
As rideshare drivers across the U.S. and around the world continue to struggle for decent wages, benefits, and the basic right to...
Adding to the mountain of statistical evidence showing the severity of U.S. inequality, an analysis published Friday found that the top one percent of...
Some politicians are calling for higher taxes on the rich. Naturally, these proposals have unleashed a torrent of opposition –...
The Trump-Republican tax scam continued to rear its ugly head for the third straight week as figures released late Friday...
Most Americans believe that a rising tide should lift all boats—that as the economy expands, everybody should reap the rewards....
The growing concentration of the world’s wealth has been highlighted by a report showing that the 26 richest billionaires own...
Donald Trump tells us the US economy is “absolutely booming”, the “strongest we’ve ever had” and “the greatest in the...
I have no idea how well Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will perform as a member of Congress. But her election is already...
As House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) delivered his farewell address on Wednesday after 20 years of relentlessly working to gut social programs for the...
An interesting thing about politics is how you can distill so many nuanced policies down to a few core ideological...
What will happen if the blue wave in the midterm elections falls short? Clearly, at this point it still might: Democrats...
Donald Trump is deliberately forcing millions of Americans into financial ruin, cruelly depriving them of food and other basic protections...
The first comprehensive study of the massive pay gap between the US executive suite and average workers has found that...
Hundreds of low-wage workers, faith leaders, civil rights organizers and liberal activists were arrested in demonstrations in Washington and in...
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is proposing to increase rent for millions of low-income tenants in government-subsidized housing and impose stricter...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tore into Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Thursday, ripping the former neurosurgeon for...
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Bernie Sanders’ televised town hall on economic inequality drew about 1.7 million live viewers during an online...
The rapid rise of oligarchy and wealth and income inequality is the great moral, economic, and political issue of our...
The world’s richest 1 percent raked in 82 percent of the wealth created last year, according to a new report...
The Republican Party that controls all branches of our federal government recently decided that the most important thing they could...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed Senate Republicans’ bill to repeal Obamacare as a “barbaric” plan that means thousands will die...
Wednesday’s big news on Wall Street wasn’t that for yet another year its average wage and bonuses put finance employees...
Shortly after the Trump administration unveiled its controversial budget proposal for 2018, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) totally dismantled the plan...
Paul Ryan seems kind of surprised Tucker didn’t get the memo… Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it...
WASHINGTON — Financial inequality became even wider in the United States last year, with average income for the top 1...
The American people have a deep sense of fairness. We are angry about the growing pay gap between the top...
The great American middle class has become an anxious class – and it’s in revolt. Before I explain how that...
In the America of haves and have-nots, fewer folks are “movin’ on up” like George Jefferson of the classic sitcom....
A group of 20 Florida Democrats took the “Minimum Wage Challenge” and attempted to live on the state’s minimum wage...
Despite stagnating wages and vast income inequality, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said technological advancements in cars and cellphones mean...
On April 30, 2012, Edward Conard, a former partner for the financial management company Bain Capital and a multimillionaire who...
The widening gap between haves and have-nots in much of the developed world not only raises concerns about the fraying...
A study recently released by the Pell Institute for the Study of Higher Education shows that not only is the...
Instead of their usual diatribe about class warfare, or denying the existence of inequality, Republican leaders are suddenly talking up...
Nearly every week there is some major conference on the subject of inequality. They are often led by prominent people,...