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Biden Budget Would Send $1.3 Billion More to Israeli Military Than to Global Climate Programs: Analysis

The body of a Palestinian man named Ahmed Al-Shenbari, who was killed during an Israeli raid on Beit Hanoun City, is taken to a mortuary on May 11, 2021 in Gaza. (Photo: Fatima Shbair via Getty Images)

Report Reveals How Big Corporations Rigged Rules to Boost Pandemic Pay of CEOs as Workers Suffered

Jake Johnson, staff writer

A new report finds that 51 of the nation's 100 biggest low-wage employers manipulated their rules to boost executive pay while offering their workers few safeguards against the pandemic and resulting economic meltdown.

"By inflating executive compensation while their workers struggled during a pandemic, corporate boards have strengthened the case for tax penalties on huge CEO-worker pay gaps."

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'Exactly What This Country Needs': Progressives Applaud Biden's Proposal to Raise Taxes on Wealthy

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Activists spell out #TaxTheRich in New York City on March 4, 2021. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

" The era of trickle-down nonsense is over—it's time to tax the rich. "

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Biden 'Has Not Yet Done Enough' on Climate Emergency in First 100 Days, Campaigners Say

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

President Joe Biden delivers remarks during day two of the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate at the East Room of the White House April 23, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)

"Now is the time for Biden to back up his progressive messaging with climate...

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Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby speaks at press conference on January 28, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

'The Status Quo Is Failing': 36 Progressive Groups Demand Pentagon Cuts

A demonstrator holding a sign during a protest on January 5, 2021 in Manhattan.

719 Billionaires Now Own Four Times More Wealth Than Poorest 165 Million Americans Combined

Workers walk a picket line in front of the Miami Tower as they strike against the building's cleaning contractor, SFM Services, on February 12, 2021 in Miami, Florida. They accuse the company of having unsafe working conditions, low wages, intimidation and retaliation over union organizing efforts. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

While Hospital Janitor Got a $6 Cafeteria Voucher, Its CEO Took Home $30 Million

A coalition of activists gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange to call for higher taxes on the rich to fund Covid-19 recovery on January 28, 2021.

Minimum Wage Would Be $44 Today If It Had Increased at Same Rate as Wall St. Bonuses: Analysis

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) arrives at a hearing regarding wages at large corporations on February 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Stefani Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

WATCH: Sanders-Led Budget Committee Holds Hearing on 'Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis'

People participate in a "March on Billionaires" event on July 17, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Hospital-Owning Frist Family 'Made a Killing' During Pandemic, With Wealth Soaring by $8.1 Billion

A member of the U.S. Marine Corps deployed during the Iraq War. (Photo: Cpl. Brian M. Henner/USMC/flickr/cc)

'We Need to Make Sure It's Done Right': Peace Advocates Welcome Biden Move to Limit War Powers

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak alongside Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during a visit to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on February 10, 2021. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden 'Revenge' Bombing of Syria 'Violates International Law': Legal Scholar

U.S. Soldiers at Forward Operating Base in Baylough, Afghanistan, June 16, 2010. (Photo: DoD/Public Domain)

To Secure Lasting Peace in Afghanistan, Task Force Proposes Prolonging Longest US War

"Spending $740 billion dollars a year on this one piece of the federal budget is unconscionable," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said to Kathleen Hicks, one of President Joe Biden's Pentagon appointees, on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. (Photo: Screengrab from PBS NewsHour)

Warren Blasts 'Unconscionable' $740 Billion Pentagon Budget While Millions Suffer From Poverty, Joblessness, and Covid-19

A demonstrator holds a "Tax the Rich" sign during a protest in New York on June 27, 2020.

'Unseemly' $1.1 Trillion Billionaire Wealth Gain During Pandemic Could Fully Fund Biden Relief Plan for Working Class: Report

Amid Surging Poverty, 500 Richest Grew $1.8 Trillion Wealthier in 2020

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Veil Lifted on Billionaire Tax Evasion and Wealth Hoarding

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Progressives Groups to Biden and Congress: Go Bolder, Go Faster

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National Priorities Project at Institute for Policy Studies and 20 Leading Peace and Justice Organizations Deliver Letter to Senate in Support of PRO Act

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New Report: Billionaire Landlords Profit by $24.4 Billion and Hoard Cash as Millions Face Eviction During the Pandemic

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A Year Into Crisis, Billionaires Could Pay for 2/3 of Biden’s COVID Relief Bill With Their Pandemic Profits

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Charitable Gifts May Not Actually Be Gifts …Yet

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Sarah Anderson

CEO Pay Skyrocketed at Corporations While Their Low-Wage Workers Suffered in the Pandemic

Chuck Collins

Why We Must Protect Essential Workers From Billionaire Pandemic Profiteers

Olivia Alperstein

As Historic Nuclear Ban Enters into Force, It’s Time for the US to Help Put an End to the Nuclear Age

Chuck Collins

The Perils and Possibilities of Billionaire Charitable Giving: MacKenzie Scott (Bezos) Makes Her First Move

Josue De Luna Navarro

Need Money for a Green New Deal? Get It From ICE

Kayla Soren

Decriminalize Fare Evasion

Sarah Anderson

Shrink Wall Street to Guarantee Good Jobs

Chuck Collins, Helen Flannery

Time for an Emergency Charity Stimulus

Chuck Collins

U.S. Billionaire Wealth Surges as Covid-19 Pandemic Worsens

Dr. Wanda Wyporska

Don’t Listen to Davos. We, the People, Have the Solutions to Inequality