Billionaire spending on elections has skyrocketed since 2010's Citizens United decision. Thankfully, last week Hawaii became the first state to pass a law directly challenging that disastrous Supreme Court ruling.

Workers organizing at Waffle House are fighting for an hourly wage hike to $25, which could set a precedent for employers across the South.

Yet another case of workers suffering at the expense of luxury for their bosses.

Corporations love making bold proclamations about bringing money and jobs to the South. They're almost always lying. Thankfully, labor and community groups are changing that pattern, writes Vonda McDaniel from the Central Labor Council of Nashville. inequality.org/article/turn...

Trump's vanity ballroom would be an unjustifiable waste of taxpayer dollars.

How about universal parental leave this Mother's Day?

A new podcast from @ilsr.bsky.social takes listeners to the communities that the data center boom is upending. inequality.org/article/i-st...

The Gap scions have clear incentives here.

A powerful piece by grandsons of FDR and his progressive VP, Henry Wallace, on how Roosevelt focused on helping ordinary people while Trump is all for the 1%

Our @ips-dc.org report shows that 5 - count them, FIVE - billionaires have also donated to the opposition campaign against this innovative CEO pay tax

Get out and join one of the thousands of mobilizations today! To find a rally near you: maydaystrong.org

Overpaid CEOs and their billionaire buddies are building a war chest to defeat a San Francisco ballot measure to hike taxes on companies with huge CEO-worker pay gaps. Our new report has all the obscene details:

In Chicago, where the Haymarket Affair led to the enshrinement of May Day, the Teachers Union is planning to go big this Friday to fight against billionaires, federal attacks on our communities, and wars abroad. inequality.org/article/chic...

The thousands of rallies scheduled for this May Day provide an opportunity for us to fight back against oligarchs and their administration, writes Sulma Arias of @pplsaction.bsky.social. inequality.org/article/marc...

Opaque algorithms eat into gig workers' rights. New York should set clear standards to fight back against inequality, writes Rachel Swaner of @cssnyorg.bsky.social inequality.org/article/the-...

Orbán's Fidesz party was just ousted from power after 16 years.

Actions like May Day don't appear out of thin air. Neidi Dominguez from @opinorg.bsky.social gives us a glimpse at the hard work behind the 3k+ events scheduled for next week inequality.org/article/how-...

The climate crisis is driven by the rich and suffered by the poor.

War profiteering is out of control.

Our co-editor @sarahanderson.bsky.social in conversation with the great Janine Jackson at FAIR.

Inequality editor @chuck77.bsky.social interviews Ray Madoff about her new book covering how the ultra-rich have warped our tax code to their benefit. inequality.org/article/ray-...

The Trump tax bill has been an unprecedented boon for billionaires.

How do we navigate the tension between the green transition's need for lithium and the environmental impacts of its extraction? @triofrancos.bsky.social unravels the question by surveying mining sites, the communities surrounding them, and supply chain decision makers inequality.org/article/thea...

The average American taxpayer contributed over $4,000 (!!) for war and weapons in 2025.

Congress recently passed a federal budget that delivers yet another blow to tax enforcement. These new IRS cuts — championed by Republicans and the Trump administration — continue a years-long push to weaken the agency. The predictable result: ever fewer audits of the wealthy.

Quite the FT front page on war impacts: IMF forecasts food price increases + Wall Street traders "thrive" on volatility

The only winners from brutal, illegal wars are the wealthy.

Trump's assault on mail-in voting will only make this disparity worse.

Housing is increasingly becoming a luxury for the rich that's prohibitive for the rest of us

Two wealth tax proposals aimed at reining in the rich have recently been introduced in Congress by Sens. Sanders and Warren. @chuck77.bsky.social breaks them down here inequality.org/article/two-...

Our co-editor @sarahanderson.bsky.social on solving the wage suppression factor in the affordability crisis through: ⬆️ federal minimum wage 💪 union rights ⬆️ taxes on corporations with big CEO-worker pay gaps www.marketwatch.com/story/multim...

At least 16 U.S. billionaires owe their wealth to one of America’s 20 largest low-wage employers — firms where a significant share of workers have to rely on public assistance. Median worker pay at these firms ranges from $14k at Starbucks to $43k for Tysons meat processors.

The wealthy are constantly bending the rules of democracy in their favor.

The CEO of RTX, the manufacturer of the Tomahawk missiles that destroyed the Shajareh Tayyebeh school, stands to make even more from the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Over the last 50 years, much of America's food industry has fallen under the control of just a handful of businesses and families. Austin Frerick's book Barons lays out what that means for families, workers, and the environment. inequality.org/article/food...

NEW: In his new book CONTROL, @glengalaich.bsky.social asks whether philanthropy isn’t just about generosity, but about who gets to decide? Monday 3/30, join his unfiltered conversation on the future of giving with IPS scholar @bdevaan.bsky.social. Register: www.linkedin.com/events/money...

The tax of 9.9% on income over $1 million will reportedly help fund free lunch for students

Government efforts to establish a free, trustworthy way to file your taxes online have been undermined by private industry groups.

When corporate resources are funneled into the pockets of those at the top while ordinary employees have to rely on public assistance, we are all subsidizing the executive mansions and private jets, write @sarahanderson.bsky.social and @reyannaj.bsky.social of @ips-dc.

Cynthia Barlow and her neighbors at Bowen Tower Apartments in Raytown, Mo., notched a huge win for tenant power with a successful rent strike earlier this year. Hear from her on how it all came together inequality.org/article/we-w...

We had to double check the number of zeroes on this one!

The Trump administration is approaching conflict in the Middle East as a business opportunity.

The Billionaires List is more like a scary MRI than a fantasy football roster.

The Mets projected payroll for the 2026 season is a comparatively paltry $370 million (with an M).

American taxpayer dollars are being wasted on a war that is bringing nothing but death and suffering.

The Hansens have built a $1 billion fortune by capturing the American pork industry, @chuck77.bsky.social writes in his Oligarch Watch column at @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

It's tax season. Are you aware of the ways billionaires have captured our political system so they pay less in taxes while everyone else pays more? burnedbybillionaires.com

The Hansens have built a $1 billion fortune by capturing the American pork industry, @chuck77.bsky.social writes in his Oligarch Watch column at @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

“If our national leaders won’t make overpaid CEOs pay their fair share, then we will.” - Víctor Sánchez of @laaneorg.bsky.social, a leader of an LA ballot campaign to tax large CEO-worker pay gaps. @sarahanderson.bsky.social has the latest:

With families facing high costs for basic needs and deep cuts to public aid, it’s more important than ever for all corporations to pay living wages.