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Economy & Labor
Billionaires Have Paid 79 Percent Fewer Taxes Since 1980
As we emerge from this pandemic, any recovery program should include a tax that limits the hoarding of wealth.
COVID-19 Was a Trigger, But Capitalism Caused the Economic Crash
Naming economic crashes after their triggers only distracts attention from capitalism’s innate vulnerabilities.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Is Now $24 Billion Richer Amid Pandemic
While millions of people across the U.S. have lost their incomes due to COVID-19, Amazon stock surged 5.3 percent.
Millions of Americans Might Not Get Stimulus Checks
Meanwhile, some might be tricked into paying TurboTax to receive their checks.
Outrage Erupts as Trump’s Vanity Stunt Delays Delivery of Stimulus Checks
Trump is delaying delivery of stimulus checks to add his name -- something a U.S. president has never demanded before.
GOP Buried Overwhelming Benefits for Millionaires in COVID-19 Relief Package
Nearly 82 percent of benefits will go to millionaires and billionaires at a cost of $90 billion to taxpayers this year.
Mega-Rich Hedge Funds Swoop Down to Grab COVID-19 Small Business Relief Funds
Some hedge funds insist they are small businesses that could use a helping hand.
Minimum-Wage Workers Are Dying to Keep Everyone Else Alive. They Deserve More.
Low-wage workers are standing between our society and calamity. They deserve health care and a living wage now.
We Can’t Allow Trump to Use the Coronavirus Crisis to Attack the Postal Service
Postal workers are essential to our public health and integrity of our elections.
Auto Union Official Fired for Warning Fellow Workers About COVID-19
A union leader at a GM subsidiary plant in Michigan was fired for telling members that coworkers might have COVID-19.