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'Completely Upside Down': As Most Americans Struggled During First Six Months of Pandemic, Billionaire Wealth Surged by $845 Billion

A man preaches on the street about the dire state of the economy on August 25, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

As Trump Pushes New Tax Cuts for Wealthy, Analysis Shows US Billionaires $800 Billion Richer Since Pandemic Hit

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"For billionaires, this is a heads we win, tails you lose economy, boosted by Trump policies to funnel wealth to the top."

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'Disturbing Milestone': Just 12 US Billionaires Now Own More Than $1 Trillion in Combined Wealth

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"This is simply too much economic and political power in the hands of twelve...

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'Orgy of Wealth' Continues as US Billionaires Grew $584 Billion Richer Over Last 3 Months While 45 Million Lost Their Jobs

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"If this pandemic reveals anything, it's how unequal our society has become and...

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A U.S. fighter jet practices maneuvers over the desert.

'No Warming, No War': Report Details How US Militarism and Climate Crisis Are Deeply Interwoven

Researchers Detail How Slashing Pentagon Budget Could Pay for Medicare for All While Creating Progressive Foreign Policy Americans Want

A fast-food worker strike in Minnesota

At Major US Corporations, Employees Would Have to Work 1,000 Years to Earn What CEOs Made in One: Report

The Poor People's Campaign event

Instead of Death and Destruction, Poor People's Moral Budget Shows What It Looks Like to 'Invest in Life'

Taxpayers Are Subsidizing Corporations That Pay CEOs Hundreds of Times More Than Workers, Study Shows

Racial Wealth Gap Institute for Policy Studies report

New Rules Needed to Vanquish Legacy of Inequality and Growing Wealth Gap

Showing How US Can Stand Up to Wall Street, Europe Advances 'Robin Hood Tax'

Mind-Blowing Inequality as America's 20 Richest Own More Than Bottom Half

Finally! SEC Votes to Disclose Exorbitant CEO-Worker Pay Ratio

As Predictable as 'Death and Taxes,' GOP Pushes Billionaire Estate Tax Cut

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Americans for Tax Fairness

Billionaire Wealth Grew by $845 Billion, or 29%, as America Struggled Through First Six Months of Pandemic

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Reimagining School Safety: New Institute for Policy Studies Report Shows How Much It Costs Communities to Have Cops in Schools

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Over 100 Organizations Call on Biden to Adopt a New Good Neighbor Policy towards Latin America

Patriotic Millionaires

Coalition Calls on Senate to Unlock Charity Funds for Pandemic Relief

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5 Months Into Pandemic, Billionaires’ Total Wealth Has Ballooned by Nearly $800 Billion

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Mining the Depths of Corruption: New Report Exposes Omissions and Misrepresentations in Nevada-based Mining Company’s Claims in $400 Million Suit against Guatemalan Government

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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

Lindsay Koshgarian

We Must Stop War With Iran. Here's What You Can Do Today.

Sarah Anderson

A Corporate Tax Even Republicans Should Love

Sarah Anderson

Sanders, Lee, and Tlaib Lead Effort to Tax Huge CEO-Worker Pay Gaps