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Economy & Labor
Even With a Wealth Tax, Economic Policy Ensures Billionaires Will Exist
Within our current system, we can't limit the voices of the super rich -- but we can amplify the voices of the non-rich.
McDonald’s Workers in Detroit Are on Strike for Workplace Democracy
The action was ignited by the hideously common experience of workplace sexual harassment.
Philadelphia Domestic Workers Win a New Bill of Rights
This historic piece of legislation extends rights and protections to 16,000 domestic workers in Philadelphia.
Billionaires Are Panicking Over the Growing Popularity of a Wealth Tax
Billionaires are scaremongering about market crashes because they don’t like what they see in the presidential primary.
Sanders, Lee and Tlaib Lead Effort to Tax Huge CEO-Worker Pay Gaps
The bill hopes to give firms an incentive to lift up the bottom and bring down the top of their pay scales.
A Trump Tax Break to Help the Poor Went to a Rich GOP Donor’s Superyacht Marina
Wealthy donors lobbied Florida's then-Gov. Rick Scott for the tax break and won it. Poorer communities lost out.
Banks Use Public Credit Backed by Public Funds to Feed Bottom Lines
Some experts believe bankers are depriving small businesses of affordable loans in order to line their own pockets.
The Climate Strikers Walked Out of School. Next, Let’s Walk Off the Job.
Climate strikes can win a Green New Deal by building community and labor alliances around demands for the common good.
Fight for Racial Justice Fuels Little Rock Educator Strike Preparations
Communities are fighting for local control to stop charters and reverse the re-segregation of Little Rock schools.
Let’s Stop Wall Street Predators From Banking on Displacement
It's time to impose a speculation and vacancy tax on the real estate corporations destroying our neighborhoods.