813 U.S. billionaires hold more wealth than half of American households. If that doesn’t tell you we’re in a second Gilded Age, I don’t know what will.

It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the First Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back. Watch.

Corporations say they were forced to raise prices.

But their profits have skyrocketed since 2020.

They hit a record high in Q4 2023.

News flash: They used inflation as cover to get rich.

Please don't tell me that the super-rich can't afford a wealth tax.

It should be clear that the main reason Trump wants to be president again is because he's weak.

He knows that winning re-election is likely the only way he can stay out of prison.

He’s always been in this for himself, never the country.

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The Chicago Bears announced a new stadium plan, with taxpayers being asked to pick up half of the $4.75 billion project cost.

Taxpayers are still paying for renovations to the Bears' current stadium from 2002.

This is yet another entry in the public subsidy stadium scam.

I can't believe I even have to say this, but it is not normal that the Supreme Court is taking its sweet time to decide if the president can incite an insurrection to overturn an election and maintain power. This should have been decided already. The answer is no!

What do these companies have in common?

T-Mobile
Netflix
General Motors
AT&T
Bank of America
Citigroup
FedEx
Molson Coors
Nike

They paid an effective federal income tax rate of <5% under the Trump tax law.

When I say this tax law was a giveaway to corporations, this is why.

I know that it was overshadowed by Trump's lawyers arguing that presidents should be able to murder political opponents, but I don't think I'll ever get over Clarence Thomas hearing a case related to Jan 6 knowing that his wife was an active participant in the attempted coup.

My thoughts on the wave of campus protests happening across the country.

How did we get to the brink of fascism?

Why do many of Trump's followers see him as a messiah?

The seeds were sown over the past 40 years. Heather Lofthouse of Inequality Media Civic Action and I delve into the history in this week's Coffee Klatch. Join us. youtu.be/UQp8Lj7jPvQ?si…

The IRS direct filing tool is wildly popular with those who have used it. Amazing what you can do when you fund (and give a shit about ) public services. economicsecurityproject.org/news/new-surve…

There is no freedom without economic security. And yet, Republicans are working to defund and destroy Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

We are not going to abandon our seniors. Every American has a right to a secure retirement.

ICYMI: The FTC banned noncompete agreements for millions of workers this week.

Here's why the move is such a big deal.

I don't think Trump even wants to be president again. He knows he wasn't good at it.

I believe he's running primarily in hopes of shutting down the prosecutions against him and avoiding prison or financial ruin as consequences of his own actions.

Parts fell off two Boeing planes in flight this week. This could be why.

Volkswagen workers didn't just win the first Southern union at a foreign automaker, they blew it out of the water.

They say: 'The domino has fallen, we're the gateway to the South — Mercedes, you're next.'

Mercedes workers in Vance, Alabama vote to join the UAW in 17 days.

Trump's claim that he's above the law is absurd. But that's not the point.

It's a ploy to delay the possibility of his conviction until after the election.

No matter how SCOTUS rules, the MAGA justices have given him a win by delaying his trial to indulge this argument.