In an interview with TRT World reacting to Elon Musk becoming the worldās first trillionaire, Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on…
“I canāt help but roll my eyes when people bash the rich as a class, blaming them for nearly everything thatās wrong…
How can the U.S. reverse democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power? A federal annual wealth tax must be part of the equation.…
Our co-editor Chuck Collinsā new book,Ā Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Planet, was published earlier…
This past Monday, the world marked two noteworthy beginnings: the second inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump and the start of the 55th Annual…
After the hottest summer in recorded human history ā along with Hurricanes Helene and Milton, flooding and wildfires ā why isnāt there a greater…
Philanthropy in America ā the transfer of wealth out of private hands, ostensibly to non-profit organizations working for public benefit ā is…
On October 21, Popular Democracy, a national alliance of 50 grassroots organizations across 33 states demanding transformational change for Black, brown, and…
For years, the fossil fuel industry has laundered false claims and junk science through allied think tanks and the media in an…
our years ago, the United States entered the Covid-19 pandemic. Forbes published its 34th annual billionaire survey shortly after with data keyed to March 18, 2020. On…
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