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Wendy’s Billionaire Owner Has Held Trump’s Priciest Fundraiser to Date
Nelson Peltz has refused to join the Fair Food Program for better wages and safer working conditions for farmworkers.
Sanders Calls Out Buttigieg for Raking in Billionaire Donations
Sen. Bernie Sanders contrasted his small dollar-fueled campaign with Pete Buttigieg's reliance on wealthy donors.
Right-Wing Business Billionaires Launch Attack on Bernie Sanders
Billionaires have a lot to lose in a Sanders administration.
World’s 500 Richest People Gained $1.2 Trillion in Wealth in 2019
The analysis comes as Democratic presidential candidates have made tackling inequality a key of their policy platforms.
Billionaire Businessman Michael Bloomberg Enters 2020 Democratic Race
The former New York City mayor officially launched his bid with a $30 million campaign ad blitz.
Billionaire-Funded Criminal Justice Reform Actually Expands Carceral System
Arnold Ventures-backed reforms are undermining radical efforts to end mass incarceration in the U.S.
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.
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.
Bernie Sanders: Bloomberg’s 2020 Bid Shows “Billionaire Class Is Scared”
Rich Democrats are worried -- and rightly so, according to the Sanders campaign.
Taxing Financial Transactions Is More Strategic Than Taxing High Wealth
If we rely overwhelmingly on taxing a small group of super-rich people, they could simply renounce their citizenship.