inequality
In an age of masks, the mask is off
August 3, 2020The mask of humanity, justice, rationality, and peace is being torn off the collective face of the American government and politics and replaced with the sneer of the reality television host and the dead eyes of...
Read moreTrumka rips Senate GOP and its leader, McConnell
July 9, 2020AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has had it up to here with the U.S. Senate’s ruling Republicans and specifically with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Read morePandemic profits: Analysis shows the ultra-rich got ultra-richer as coronavirus hit
May 5, 2020Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' net worth grew by $12 billion from mid-March to April 10 alone—while 20 million U.S. workers lost their jobs in those same weeks.
Read moreWorkers are essential, bosses are not
April 14, 2020Who's essential, and who isn't?
Read more‘Parade’ magazine tells us what people earn: How about a maximum wage?
April 13, 2020There’s a kind of voyeuristic “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” quality about this annual survey, we ordinary readers sitting at our kitchen tables drooling over celebrities’ estimated bank statements.
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