After all, the presence of a trillionaire on American soil would certify that we had unquestionably reached an oligarchic ...

Investors will vote on several issues at the heart of a broader national effort by oligarchs and corporate insiders to consolidate power over our economy.

The following is written testimony prepared for a June 12, 2024 Senate Budget Committee hearing on “Making Wall Street Pay Its Fair Share: Raising Revenue, Strengthening Our Economy.” Thank you, ...

The sex-trafficking scandal surrounding the late Jeffrey Epstein already has tarnished the reputations of prominent politicians, businessmen, and the British royal family. Now it’s casting a dark ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, African Americans owned at least 14 million acres of land. By the 21st century, 90 percent of the land had been stolen from them. Now, African Americans only own ...

Amazing things can happen when societies realize they don’t need an awesomely affluent. What sort of amazing things? Take what happened in the United States between 1940 and 1960, as economists ...

Note: this is an updated and expanded version of an article that first appeared in Inside Philanthropy in March, 2021. Recent reports and responses from National Philanthropic Trust and other DAF ...

The following is written testimony prepared for a March 17, 2021 Senate Budget Committee hearing on “The Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis in America.” Thank you, Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member ...

As inequality has grown in the United States, our nation’s charitable system is in danger of becoming a taxpayer-subsidized platform of private power for the ultra-wealthy. This poses risks to the ...

“‘Not Fair’: Insiders Say Hospitals Favor Rich and Famous,” headlined the exposé by NBC’s Los Angeles-based I-Team, delivering an inside look at inequality in the American healthcare system. Airing on ...

In many parts of the world, inequality is spiraling out of control. The basic facts have become depressingly familiar. In the United States, the top 0.1 percent now control about the same amount of ...