News | Economy & Labor Bernie Sanders Is on a Mission to Tax Billionaire CEOs Sanders and Warren proposed a bill to raise taxes on corporations that pay CEOs 50 times what they pay average workers. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout March 19, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Mercers, Thiel Drop Millions Into “Hillbilly Elegy” Author’s Possible Senate Run Billionaires who bankrolled Trump donated more than $10 million to a super PAC supporting J.D. Vance's Ohio campaign. By Igor Derysh , Salon March 16, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Wealth Gained by Billionaires Amid COVID Could Pay for Two-Thirds of Relief Bill The wealthiest 657 billionaires in the U.S. are $1.3 trillion richer than they were last March. By Chuck Collins , Inequality.org March 12, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor To Renew Our Democracy, We Need to Tax the Ultrarich After the tech sector, Wall Street is the second highest source of wealth for American billionaires. By Madeleine Johnsson , Inequality.org March 3, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor As US Mourns 500,000 Lives, Billionaires Gained $1.3 Trillion During Pandemic The U.S.'s 664 billionaires now have a combined net worth of $4.2 trillion. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 24, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Billionaires Win and We Lose at Pandemic Super Bowl 2021 Even in a pandemic, 64 billionaires have seen incredible gains from the major league sports teams they own. By Chuck Collins & Omar Ocampo , Inequality.org February 6, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor GameStop Saga Reveals How Wall Street Offers Little to Our Collective Well-Being What sort of social order lets people get rich betting on whether companies will fail while workers lose their jobs? By Sam Pizzigati , Inequality.org January 31, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Sanders on Billionaire Investor’s Tax Fears Amid GameStop Saga: “Cry Me a River” The ongoing GameStop saga has sparked renewed calls for a financial transactions tax and other redistributive measures. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 29, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor COVID Windfall for Billionaires Could Fully Fund Relief for the Working Class The wealth of billionaires in the U.S. has soared during a crisis that has taken more than 420,000 lives. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 26, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Kelly Loeffler Officially Became a Billionaire Days Before Georgia Runoff Loeffler’s personal fortune has been a key focus of her campaign to hold her Senate seat. By Roger Sollenberger , Salon January 5, 2021 Truthout