Poverty

TeleSur | – – Only 42 people own the same amount of wealth as the poorest 50 percent worldwide, the report claimed. Nearly 82 percent of global wealth generated last year went to one percent of the population, while the bottom 50 percent saw no increase at all, according to a new Oxfam report that […]

Economy

The Rise and Fall of America’s Middle Class

contributors

By Jim Hightower | (Otherwords.org) | – – The middle class was built by movements — and can be rebuilt by movements. Ever since 1776, the “common yeoman” — America’s middle class — has been hailed as the virtuous heart and backbone of our nation. How ironic, since it took 150 years before we actually […]

Inequality

Will Americans finally start fighting back against tax cuts for the rich?

contributors

Stephanie Leiser | (The Conversation) | – – The 60 percent of Americans who believe that the GOP tax package will mostly help the wealthiest among us are right, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center. But will widespread disapproval translate into political costs or electoral losses for Republicans? Will Americans decide they […]

Featured

Yes, America, there is a Class War, and you Just Lost It

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Republican Party did not just overhaul the tax code and they did not cut “your” taxes. They engineered a coup against the middle and working classes and they threw enormous amounts of public money to private billionaires and multi-millionaires. Americans do not understand this sort […]

Democratic Socialism

Solar & Wind: How free electricity would change the world (Economist Video)

contributors

The Economist | (Video News Report) | – – “magine if heating and powering homes became free in the next decade. What would that mean for the world?” How free electricity would change the world | The Economist

Donald Trump

The GOP Plot Against America’s 99%

contributors

Trump is governing as a Pluto-Populist

Donald Trump

Congress’ Tax Plan is a give-way to the Rich, not a Reform

Juan Cole

True tax reform would help working and middle classes

Drugs

Opioid Superstorm: A Growing wealth Gap & deserted Neighborhoods

contributors

My experiences in Dayton tell me that Lack of public policy drives stagnant wages, abandoned homes and addiction

Climate Change

Puerto Ricans Must Come First, Not Wall Street Vultures

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By Maria Beri | (Inequality.org) | – – Every dollar going to one of the hedge funds that have bought up much of the island’s debt is a dollar taken away from saving lives. I still cry when I talk to my family back in Puerto Rico. I am from a small town in Puerto […]