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Black Punk Means Liberation Black Punk Means Liberation
The present and future of Black punk culture.
Mar 13, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Marc Bayard
![Black Labor Leaders Are Needed Now More Than Ever](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/george-floyd-protest-columus-fist-ap-img.jpg)
Black Labor Leaders Are Needed Now More Than Ever Black Labor Leaders Are Needed Now More Than Ever
We’re working to build the leadership and strategists that a diverse labor and worker movement demands today.
Sep 4, 2020 / Marc Bayard
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Inequality Will Not Go Away On Its Own. Here’s How to Close the Gap. Inequality Will Not Go Away On Its Own. Here’s How to Close the Gap.
To ensure a future of shared prosperity, we need to rewrite the rules that protect the wealthiest Americans.
Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati
![How Wall Street Reform Could Give Low-Income Families a Big Boost](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dice_money_img.jpg)
How Wall Street Reform Could Give Low-Income Families a Big Boost How Wall Street Reform Could Give Low-Income Families a Big Boost
Reining in the big banks would reduce risk while generating investment opportunities for everyone else.
Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati
![The Secret to Funding Universal Pre-K Is Buried in the Tax Code](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Pre_K_graphic1_img.jpg)
The Secret to Funding Universal Pre-K Is Buried in the Tax Code The Secret to Funding Universal Pre-K Is Buried in the Tax Code
If we closed the capital-gains loophole, we could put every child in America on track for success.
Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati
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Black Workers Matter, Too Black Workers Matter, Too
A movement linking civil rights with the right to organize would narrow the racial wage gap—and reinvigorate American labor.
Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati
![How the Super-Rich Can Kickstart the Green Economy](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/luxury_jet_ss_img.jpg)
How the Super-Rich Can Kickstart the Green Economy How the Super-Rich Can Kickstart the Green Economy
A surcharge on luxury consumption would curb emissions and help communities make the jump to clean energy.
Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati
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Retirement Benefits Are Rigged to Favor the Rich Retirement Benefits Are Rigged to Favor the Rich
Wealthy CEOs are sheltering too much of their pay. A cap could fund long-term care for all seniors.
Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati
![Want Debt-Free College? Tax the Rich.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/College_Debt_Texture_img.jpg)
Want Debt-Free College? Tax the Rich. Want Debt-Free College? Tax the Rich.
A 1 percent tax on concentrated wealth would erase student debt over a decade and bring the cost of public higher education to zero.
Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati
![Offshore Tax Havens Are Strangling Local Government](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/illustration02_Adria-FruitosV2_img.jpg)
Offshore Tax Havens Are Strangling Local Government Offshore Tax Havens Are Strangling Local Government
The super-rich have stashed more than $1 trillion overseas. Bringing it home would help restore poor communities.
Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati