#ICYMI: Beginning in November, New Mexico will become the first state in the U.S. to offer free child care to all residents regardless of income. Every family should have access to affordable child care. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/18/new-mexico-free-child-care-grisham

So much for "America first" finance.yahoo.com/news/bessent...

Demands to tax the ultra-wealthy are growing louder around the world.

Private equity is turning childcare into its next profit center, while independent programs vanish. This is a key piece of the skyrocketing childcare costs puzzle. We need public funding and community-run models to keep care accessible and accountable. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

We can build “an alternative media structure that does not rely on the goodwill of the rich” via tax credits similar to the charitable contribution deduction. Everyone would have $100 or so to support the journalism they choose. #democracy @deanbaker13.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/lesson...

We always appreciate new allies, especially when they represent 1.4 billion people around the world. Check out the analysis of Pope Leo's statements on CEO pay from our veteran exec comp analyst @sarahanderson.bsky.social

NEW: Missouri, following Texas' example, is attempting to redraw electoral lines to suppress Black and working class voters. But workers like Missouri mother, fast food worker, and @moworkers.org leader Fran Marion refuse to be silenced, she writes in @inequality.org:

For more on the Tax Excessive CEO Pay act, led by @sanders.senate.gov and @rashidatalib.bsky.social: www.help.senate.gov/dem/newsroom...

Woke up this morning determined to find some positive news to share amidst all the gloom. Great to see NM joining Quebec and many other places in the world that make child care affordable. apnews.com/article/univ...

In response to a question about how to solve the polarization that is tearing the world apart, Pope Leo raised the problem of the growing gap between CEO and worker pay. Nice to have a new ally on this front! Full interview: cruxnow.com/vatican/2025...

This is, of course, happening as the Trump administration ushers in crypto-friendly regulators and policy.

Drastic health care cuts are directly funding the climate crisis.

NEW: Coal burning in the U.S. has been in decline for decades. But millionaires like Jim Grech — who have bought favor from Trump — are blocking these costly, polluting plants from closing. We need to expose our "coal-igarchs." IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social in @thenation.com:

Have they completely lost their minds? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

For details on the extreme disparities at all "Low-Wage 100" companies, check out the new report from our co-editor @sarahanderson.sky.social: ips-dc.org/report-execu...

For details on the obscene pay gaps at all "Low-Wage 100" companies, check out the new report from our co-editor @sarahanderson.bsky.social: ips-dc.org/report-execu...

“It’s a stunning message for Starbucks management to send to their workers…. It says a lot about who they really value at that company and who they don’t” @sarahanderson.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🚨NEW REPORT🚨 The "abundance agenda" claims to offer prosperity for all. In reality, it props up corporate power, deregulation, and inequality. Today, we published a comprehensive critique + alternative vision with @openmarkets.bsky.social. READ:

This story about the biting new CEO pay report by our co-editor @sarahanderson.bsky.social will likely be unpopular with a lot of subscribers to @barrons.com. Good for them for running it. www.barrons.com/articles/wor...

The biggest winners in Las Vegas never have to place any bets. They just have to sit in the gaming industry’s choicest CEO seats. For every $1 typical workers at Caesars made last year, Caesars CEO Thomas Reeg pocketed $419. @ips-dc.org @sarahanderson.bsky.social nevadacurrent.com/2025/08/21/f...

OK, I can't claim to have solved our overpaid CEO problem with my decades of exposés. But I have created headaches for their PR flacks. Starbucks declined multiple requests from @msainato.bsky.social of @theguardian.com to comment on our latest report. Ulta and Lowe's flacks also took a pass.

Toplines from our 31st @ips-dc.org Executive Excess report on the 100 largest low-wage corps: CEO-worker pay gap: 632-1 Median pay: $35,570 Stock buybacks (2019-24): $644B CEO pay: $17.2M (⬆️ at 2x the rate of median pay since '19) Data on all Low-Wage 100 firms 👇 ips-dc.org/report-execu...

The fight against fascism and the fight against oligarchy need to go hand in hand

Last but not least! Installment #7 in Paul Krugman's recent series on #inequality. @pkrugman.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

NEW: Rapidly rising CEO pay doesn't just worsen inequality — it hurts democracy, says IPS scholar @sarahanderson.bsky.social. “We’re seeing more and more signs of how ultra-wealthy people have too much influence over our political system.” Alexandra White in @financialtimes.com:

The MAGA regime is escalating attacks on families at home and abroad, from D.C. to Gaza. Deploying troops in D.C. is yet another attempt to scapegoat & target struggling people to advance their draconian agenda in service of billionaires, war profiteers, and white supremacy.

Can't help but wonder if this is connected to Trump's desire to sell off USPS to for-profit corporations. Voters trusted USPS to deliver/return more than 99 million ballots in '24. That incredible capacity is one of many reasons people want to keep USPS public www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

"With our existing care system on the brink and care for millions hanging in the balance, the question of what comes next is up to us to answer." @aijenpoo.bsky.social, president of @domesticworkers.bsky.social and director of @caringacross.org writes in @thenation.com.

The Black unemployment rate has surged from 6.0 percent in May to 7.2 percent in July, the highest level since the height of the pandemic. That’s a full percentage point jump in just two months, and nearly double the 3.7 percent rate for white workers, according to the latest BLS jobs report.

As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s public ownership proposal offers a direct solution to market failures and food deserts. inequality.org/article/how-...

Where's my bonus incentive for focusing on my job?

This agreement resolves unfair labor practices and provides wage increases for workers at union stores who hadn't previously received them from 2022-2024. We are excited to keep you updated about our negotiations!

So we "can't afford" the most popular government healthcare programs of the last 60 years, but we can spend $732 BILLION on tax breaks for the giant corporations that have been price gouging us and paying their CEOs hundreds of times more than employees? The math ain't mathin'.

One of the many jaw-dropping stats in the new @aflcio.org paywatch report

Absurd indeed, @sanders.senate.gov

Tired of defense? Join our team at this event on 7/17. Our co-editor @sarahanderson.bsky.social will talk econ justice with 🎙️ @moreperfectunion.bsky.social 🎙️ @jwj.org 🎙️ Resilience Force Chuck Collins will talk climate justice w/@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social & others RSVP: ips-dc.org/event/2nd-he...

Excited to be moderating a panel at this event on Thurs., July 17 on "Creating an Economy that Empowers Working People" with Erica Smiley of @jwj.org and @faiz.bsky.social of @moreperfectunion.bsky.social Details and free tix: ips-dc.org/event/2nd-he...

The slashing of vital services will cause a surge of economic insecurity and preventable deaths say @sarahanderson.bsky.social and @lindsaykosh.bsky.social: www.commondreams.org/opinion/10-h...

Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all

Hidden in the Republican tax bill is a massive tax subsidy for private jet buyers — one that would be devastating for our climate, writes @chuck77.bsky.social‬. inequality.org/article/the-...

"If they pass this bill and kick 16 million people off health care, we will organize those people." - Bishop Barber at yesterday's rally against the big ugly bill, which the Senate just passed 51-50.

Heavy rally at the Capitol today with protestors against the GOP budget bill carrying 51 caskets showing the number of people who would lose Medicaid and SNAP in each state + DC.

“We are bargaining with one of the most repulsively greedy and amoral corporations in the entire country. Last year, Tyson’s CEO made 525 times that of the median worker.” teamster.org/2025/06/team...

Reconciliation amendment watch: @sanders.senate.gov will push to axe the $211B estate tax break. The amount the wealthy can inherit w/o paying tax is set to revert to $14M this yr. The GOP bill hikes the exemption to $30M. Wealthy heirs wd get a $6.4M tax break. 99.8% of families would get $0.

The GOP’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” as it stands, will be one of the most extreme upward redistributions of wealth in modern U.S. history. Our latest analysis highlights four of the bill’s most far-reaching impacts. Read it here: inequality.org/article/4-ch...

Over 50% of people who voted for President Donald Trump a mere eight months ago are opposed to the tax and budget plans in this bill, @kristencrowell.bsky.social‬ of @fairshareamerica.bsky.social tells @sarahanderson.bsky.social: www.commondreams.org/opinion/stop...

Love this. Go @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social @greenpeace.org

No wonder this baby is unhappy. Unsettling analysis by @ddayen.bsky.social of @prospect.org

Really good, scary analysis