The global death toll from COVID-19 has reached six million—and nearly one million of those deaths are from the United States alone. Let’s do the math: that means the U.S. […]
Oxfam Reveals Wealth Inequalities Explode During Covid Pandemic
The world’s ten richest men more than doubled their fortunes from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion —at a rate of $15,000 per second or $1.3 billion a day— during the […]
This Holiday Season, Let’s Tax the Rich
“We’re increasingly becoming a country with a tiny number of extraordinarily wealthy people, a large underclass, and no middle class. Societies that are structured like this do not end well […]
Inside the World of the Wealth Hoarders
As many Americans have struggled to make ends meet during the pandemic, the wealth of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other billionaires has gone up by $1.3 trillion. […]
Pandemic has played into the hands of the Wealthy
647 individuals in the U.S. have amassed almost a trillion dollars during the pandemic, at the same time as millions of Americans have struggled to make ends meet. Researcher for […]
Big Money and the Pandemic — Who’s Profiting from the Crisis?
“Extreme wealth inequality has become America’s pre-existing condition,” writes Chuck Collins in a new co-authored report from the Institute for Policy Studies, “Billionaire Bonanza 2020.” In the past six weeks, […]
