Life in the United States has never been better — if your personal fortune stretches well into the thousands of millions. Our new year has dawned with 813 Americans cavorting in billionaire land.

As President Trump takes office, one of his first agenda items is to slash taxes on corporations and the rich. The results will be more inequality and less revenue for the programs Americans rely on.

Over three score years ago, President Dwight Eisenhower had a warning for America. “We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the ...

As more charitable giving comes from our country’s wealthiest donors, more of that giving is going into charitable intermediaries like private foundations and donor-advised funds. These two giving ...

As President Trump takes office, his Republican allies in Congress are already hard at work readying his legislative agenda. Trump campaigned on a promise to lower costs for Americans. But so far, the ...

Inequality has been on the rise across the globe for several decades. Some countries have reduced the numbers of people living in extreme poverty. But economic gaps have continued to grow as the very ...

Welcome to the age of Oil-Garchy, where the concentrated wealth and power of the fossil fuel industry dominates our political system. After donating heavily to Trump’s campaign, the industry has ...

On January 8th, 2025, close to two hundred gathered for a webinar, “Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Can They Meet 2050 Climate Goals?” The webinar, designed for policymakers and the public, can be viewed ...

The “gig” model of labor popularized by Uber has found a new sector to upend: health care. On-demand nursing companies likeCareRev, Clipboard Health, ShiftKey, and ShiftMed promise understaffed ...

In today’s world of widespread poverty and unprecedented wealth, how about raising the wages of the most poorly-paid workers? This October, the World Bank reported that “8.5 percent of the global ...

The rich are growing astronomically richer while poverty reduction has ground to a standstill.

The new year has begun with old news: The world is continuing to become colossally more unequal — with the United States leading the way. In 2024, wealth trackers at Bloomberg have just reported in a ...