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Cornel West: The Whiteness of Harvard and Wall Street Is “Jim Crow, New Style”
Students are decrying Harvard’s rejection of Cornel West’s bid for tenure as a blatant devaluation of Black scholarship.
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.
The GameStop Saga Is Not the Revenge Against Finance We Deserve
Real revenge requires abolishing the financial sector as we know it and the systems of oppression it fosters.
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?
Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Is a Vital Beginning for a New New Deal
The next step should be to enact truly transformative progressive economic programs and rein in Wall Street.
AOC, Pelosi Say Trade Bans by Robinhood on GameStop Stocks Warrant Inquiry
Retail investors were able to increase the price of GameStop's stock after hedge funds had attempted to “short” shares.
Wall Street Mega-Landlord Blackstone Plans to Benefit From Another Crisis
Blackstone was a big winner of the last crisis. Now, it hopes to repeat the feat using a somewhat different playbook.
Biden’s Victory Was Hardly a Win for “Democracy.” It Was Another Win for the 1%.
Biden’s campaign became the first ever to raise over $1 billion in donations, much of it from super PACs and dark money.
Biden Taps Two BlackRock Executives for Top Economic Posts
This comes as progressives are demanding a cabinet free of Wall Street influence.
While the Rich Cheer Wall Street Records, Americans Are Draining 401(k)s
The nation’s woefully inadequate response to the pandemic is jeopardizing millions of retirement futures.