https://znetwork.org/author/sarahanderson/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sat, 03 May 2025 14:54:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/sarahanderson/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dont-let-elon-musk-privatize-the-postal-service/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dont-let-elon-musk-privatize-the-postal-service/#respond Sat, 03 May 2025 14:54:29 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1283295 The Trump Administration has been reviving plans to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). But many lawmakers don’t like the idea, including some from President Donald Trump’s own party. “We are not going to privatize the Postal Service,” declared U.S. Representative Pete Stauber, Republican of Minnesota, at a March 25 rural letter carriers rally on Capitol Hill. “We [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dont-let-elon-musk-privatize-the-postal-service/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-would-pay-the-biggest-price-for-postal-privatization/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-would-pay-the-biggest-price-for-postal-privatization/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:45:06 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282566 President Trump and Elon Musk have expressed an interest in selling off the U.S. Postal Service to for-profit corporations. Even piecemeal privatization of this public agency would have wide-ranging effects on postal customers, employees, businesses, and our broader economy. One nearly certain result: a dramatic increase in package delivery prices. Unlike the for-profit carriers, the Postal Service has a universal [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-would-pay-the-biggest-price-for-postal-privatization/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/despite-red-wave-election-brought-some-victories-for-economic-equality/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/despite-red-wave-election-brought-some-victories-for-economic-equality/#respond Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:56:12 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1275088 If you’ve ever questioned whether our country has an inequality problem, this election should provide all the evidence you need. As billionaires used their financial firepower to throw support their preferred candidates’ way, Americans who’ve been left behind took out their frustrations at the ballot box. How do we get started on this next chapter [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/despite-red-wave-election-brought-some-victories-for-economic-equality/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/amidst-the-darkness-a-few-bright-spots-in-the-fight-against-inequality/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/amidst-the-darkness-a-few-bright-spots-in-the-fight-against-inequality/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1274940 If you’ve ever questioned whether our country has an inequality problem, this election should provide all the evidence you need. As billionaires used their financial firepower to throw support their preferred candidates’ way, Americans who’ve been left behind took out their frustrations at the ballot box. How do we get started on this next chapter [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/amidst-the-darkness-a-few-bright-spots-in-the-fight-against-inequality/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/report-corporations-that-pay-their-executives-more-than-uncle-sam/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/report-corporations-that-pay-their-executives-more-than-uncle-sam/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1263562 INTRODUCTION Corporate tax dodging and executive pay packages have both gotten so far out of control that a significant number of major U.S. corporations are paying their top executives more than they’re paying Uncle Sam in federal income taxes. The Institute for Policy Studies and Americans for Tax Fairness analyzed executive pay data for some [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/report-corporations-that-pay-their-executives-more-than-uncle-sam/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/waking-the-sleeping-giant-of-the-low-income-voting-bloc/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/waking-the-sleeping-giant-of-the-low-income-voting-bloc/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:13:49 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1261933 Amidst all the nail-biting uncertainty over the 2024 election, one thing’s for sure: turnout will be key.  This week, the Poor People’s Campaign announced plans to mobilize a potentially powerful yet often overlooked voting bloc: the 85 million eligible voters who are poor or low-income.  The campaign has crunched the numbers and determined that if [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/waking-the-sleeping-giant-of-the-low-income-voting-bloc/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10-working-class-victories-to-celebrate-in-2023/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10-working-class-victories-to-celebrate-in-2023/#respond Sat, 23 Dec 2023 16:30:52 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1259705 Looking for something positive to celebrate on New Year’s Eve? Consider lifting a glass to the hardworking people behind these inspiring victories of 2023. 1. The ‘Year of the Strike’ More than half a million American workers walked off the job this year. In October, companies lost more workdays to strikes than in any month during the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10-working-class-victories-to-celebrate-in-2023/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10-victories-for-the-working-class-in-2023/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10-victories-for-the-working-class-in-2023/#respond Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:40:50 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1259584 Looking for something positive to celebrate on New Year’s Eve? Consider lifting a glass to the hardworking people behind these inspiring victories of 2023. 1. The ‘Year of the Strike’ More than half a million American workers walked off the job this year. In October, companies lost more workdays to strikes than in any month during the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/10-victories-for-the-working-class-in-2023/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/yes-we-actually-can-do-something-about-ceo-pay/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/yes-we-actually-can-do-something-about-ceo-pay/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1257170 Americans across the political spectrum are rightly fed up with up with overpaid CEOs. But many also feel there’s nothing we can do about this problem. That’s where they’re wrong.  People can use their power as workers, shareholders, and voters to rein in excessive CEO compensation and narrow the yawning gaps between executive and worker [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/yes-we-actually-can-do-something-about-ceo-pay/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/55-years-after-the-launch-of-the-poor-peoples-campaign-taking-stock-of-interlocking-injustices/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/55-years-after-the-launch-of-the-poor-peoples-campaign-taking-stock-of-interlocking-injustices/#respond Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:08:45 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1248192 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders launched a Poor People’s Campaign in 1968 to tackle what he called the “Triplets of Evil” — systemic racism, poverty, and militarism. Fifty years later, activists revived this multi-racial fusion movement to carry on the fight against these injustices, as well as the growing [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/55-years-after-the-launch-of-the-poor-peoples-campaign-taking-stock-of-interlocking-injustices/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wall-street-bonuses-continue-to-soar-compared-to-worker-wages/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wall-street-bonuses-continue-to-soar-compared-to-worker-wages/#respond Sun, 02 Apr 2023 15:07:48 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1242686 After a historic 22 percent spike in 2021, the average annual bonus for New York City-based securities industry employees fell 26 percent in 2022,  according to just-released New York State Comptroller data. But the rate of increase in average Wall Street bonuses since the 2008 crash is still far higher than wage increases for ordinary workers, according to Institute for Policy [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wall-street-bonuses-continue-to-soar-compared-to-worker-wages/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/before-cob-on-the-first-workday-of-2023-ceos-will-make-more-than-the-average-annual-pay-for-all-us-workers/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/before-cob-on-the-first-workday-of-2023-ceos-will-make-more-than-the-average-annual-pay-for-all-us-workers/#respond Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:03:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1235673 Before happy hour time, the typical top exec will have pocketed more than home health aides, firefighters, pre-K teachers, and other essential workers will make the whole year. If the typical CEO of a large U.S. corporation clocks in at 9 am on January 2, by 3:37 pm that afternoon he’ll have earned $58,260 — [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/before-cob-on-the-first-workday-of-2023-ceos-will-make-more-than-the-average-annual-pay-for-all-us-workers/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-top-10-inequality-victories-of-2022/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-top-10-inequality-victories-of-2022/#respond Tue, 20 Dec 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1235004 Congratulations to everyone who worked to move the country and the world towards greater equity in 2022. Herewith are 10 of the most inspiring economic inequality victories of the year. 1. The Union Boom  No question. The union organizing surge has been this year’s top story. Petitions for union representation jumped 53 percent over 2021. What made [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-top-10-inequality-victories-of-2022/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-deep-red-south-dakota-and-nebraska-voters-used-ballot-initiatives-to-curb-inequality/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-deep-red-south-dakota-and-nebraska-voters-used-ballot-initiatives-to-curb-inequality/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1232465 This fall, in the lead-up to the midterm elections, a group of Catholic nuns, Protestant ministers, and other faith leaders caravanned around South Dakota on what they called a “Love Your Neighbor Tour.” They stopped in grocery stores, diners, senior centers, libraries, and other community gathering spots to engage people in conversation about health insurance. 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