New research from the Center for Working-Class Politics shows that progressive economic policies can bring working-class ...

In February, the economist Gabriel Zucman posted an absolutely stunning graphic online that depicts the wealth of America richest 0.00001 percent as a share of our nation’s total household wealth. The ...

America’s 12 wealthiest now control $1 trillion of wealth. The only way to address this extreme wealth concentration: a tax on accumulated grand fortune.

Discipline and Punish: How Wall Street’s Grip on School Finance Deepens Inequality July 11, 2025 / by Claire Cahen ...

These interactive charts expose how the Covid-19 pandemic — and failed policy responses — are exacerbating class, race, & gender inequality.

Once upon a time, here in the United States, we taxed the rich. Significantly. Today, by contrast, we’re actively enhancing their fortunes. Including the biggest personal fortune of them all, the ...

President Joe Biden and Congressional progressives have responded to public pressure by putting bold spending proposals on the table that would make our economy more fair, sustainable, and resilient ...

Trump true believers may insist this can’t be so, but the truth comes from the Trump administration’s own data. Indeed, the IRS commissioner serving today, Charles Rettig, was appointed by Trump, so ...

Extreme economic inequality is corrosive to our societies. It makes poverty reduction harder, hurts our economies, and drives conflict and violence. Reversing this trend presents a significant ...

With many of President Biden’s legislative priorities stalled, pressure is mounting on the administration to use executive authority to cancel student debts — a move that would substantially narrow ...

The tag “merchants of death” has long since disappeared from our American political lexicon. But the problem Nye named remains. Our contemporary corporate moguls are continuing to get rich off the ...