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Wages and productivity have decoupled since 1970, leaving workers with a smaller and smaller piece of the American pie.
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Jun 12
"The 12th of June, 2026 may be the day the first trillionaire is officially minted, but it can also be the moment millions more people decide they have had enough." - --
@edpomfret of Fight Inequality Alliance
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This World Cup is prohibitively expensive for working-class families.
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The International Labour Organization is currently discussing adopting a first of its kind binding global standard for platform work. It's incumbent on governments to compel gig work companies to comply. @HRW inequality.org/article/ai-ru…
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Federal and state inaction on raising paltry minimum wages has left workers with little recourse but ballot measures, like in Oklahoma where SQ 832 would gradually raise the floor to $15. @OKPolicy inequality.org/article/worki…
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The gig economy, increasingly relying on AI to set the lowest wages possible, is preying on the precarity of Black workers. @ColorOfChange inequality.org/article/big-t…
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The people of Mexico are paying the price for a World Cup that they can't even afford tickets to attend. @FightInequality inequality.org/article/world…
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In 1990, every single one of the top 20 charities in the US was an operating charity — groups directly carrying out charitable work. Today, the landscape is dramatically different.
Want to see what this chart looks like now?
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Wealthy, out-of-state investors play a major role in pushing Hawaii real estate prices sky-high. And the U.S. military’s massive presence in the state is pumping up that pressure on prices, forcing many local residents to move elsewhere. inequality.org/article/us-mi…
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Today is CA's primary day.
This broad coalition has mounted an impressive campaign to raise San Fran's Overpaid CEO Tax on firms with huge pay gaps - facing an army of billionaire and corporate opponents.
We'll be closely watching the ballot measure results tonight.
This is a movement. There’s still time to be a part of it.
✅ Sign up to volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
✅Talk to your friends, family and neighbors.
✅And make sure you vote YES on Proposition D by tomorrow, June 2!
Together we can protect care, not greed.
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Should billionaires pay more taxes?
You can probably guess which side our co-editor @Chuck99to1 takes in this debate. His civil sparring with someone from @CatoInstitute actually makes for a really educational exchange.
Studio 2 from WHYY youtube.com/live/1ZpXvRk4TMI…
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Our co-editor @SarahDAnderson1 appears on a new @MorePerfectUS video about San Fran and LA ballot initiatives to raise taxes on corps with huge CEO-worker pay gaps. These taxes are a win-win: firms either narrow pay gaps to avoid paying more or they contribute to vital services
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A secretive provision in Trump's 2017 tax cuts — extended last year — lets billionaires deduct the purchase of an entire private jet from their taxes the year they buy it. But new legislation could end this subsidy for the wealthy inequality.org/article/lawma…
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"what is at first glance a case of hypocrisy at a single sponsor warns of what can happen when financial institutions position themselves at crucial choke points of democracy."
great piece from @DanPetegorsky @IPS_DC on DAF sponsors, SPLC, leonard leo:
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May 26
In case you're wondering how it all works... check out burnedbybillionaires.com for more on what you can do to protest against the billionaire class @inequalityorg @IPS_DC @PatrioticMills
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NEW: The U.S. military's presence in Hawaiʻi has been touted as a boon for the local economy. But our new report reveals a slew of hidden costs behind the overstated benefits—including environmental harms that disproportionately affect native Hawaiians. ips-dc.org/report-true-cost-…
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