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Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee”

Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee” Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee”

The media’s “billionaires vs. millionaires” view of the current baseball lockout is a major league lie. The vast majority of players who reach the big leagues don’t play long enoug...

Feb 7, 2022 / Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier

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We Need a 92 Percent Tax on Pandemic Profiteers We Need a 92 Percent Tax on Pandemic Profiteers

Let’s tax billionaires—and übermillionaires—back to where they stood when Covid-19 hit.

Feb 4, 2022 / John Nichols

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Will the Gates Foundation’s Board Ever Hold Bill Accountable? Will the Gates Foundation’s Board Ever Hold Bill Accountable?

Though described as “strong independent voices,” the new board members all have financial ties to the Gates Foundation.

Feb 2, 2022 / Tim Schwab

The Story of Capitalism in One Family

The Story of Capitalism in One Family The Story of Capitalism in One Family

The Lehman Trilogy proposes that the downfall of a financial dynasty is enough to tell the economic and political history of America

Jan 26, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

Loeffler Trump Rally

Congress Could Finally Ban Its Members From Trading Stocks—and Not a Moment Too Soon Congress Could Finally Ban Its Members From Trading Stocks—and Not a Moment Too Soon

Ending a thousand conflicts of interest can begin with a single step.

Jan 25, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What’s Really Behind the Microsoft-Activision Deal

What’s Really Behind the Microsoft-Activision Deal What’s Really Behind the Microsoft-Activision Deal

It isn’t the end of the console wars but the start of the metaverse wars.

Jan 19, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Bank of America Divestment

Why I Divested My Bank Account and You Should Too Why I Divested My Bank Account and You Should Too

I couldn’t accept doing business with one of the world’s greatest financiers of fossil fuels.

Jan 19, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

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Members of Congress Shouldn’t Be Getting Rich From Trading Stocks Members of Congress Shouldn’t Be Getting Rich From Trading Stocks

Last year, over a hundred members of Congress bought and sold nearly $290 million in stocks and beat the market.

Jan 17, 2022 / Aída Chávez

UFCW Worker Striking

Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits

A survey of 10,000 grocery-store employees lays out the job’s human cost.

Jan 14, 2022 / Kim Kelly

Dakota Access Pipeline Protest

It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change

Students are boycotting Gibson Dunn for representing the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, undermining the Indian Child Welfare Act, and more.

Jan 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona and David Cremins

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