Inside Southwest’s Horrific Holidays
Blame the wealthy, not the weather.
Tax the Rich? We Did That Once
A little history might just inspire us to try that taxing again.
More Evidence Elon Musk Is No Genius
As Twitter implodes under Musk’s rule, a lawsuit argues Tesla is vastly overpaying the world’s richest man.
All Eyes on Delaware—and a Promising Challenge to the World’s Richest Man
So Elon Musk may not be all that fabulously ‘brilliant’ after all.
Election 2022 Grandest Victors?
Another Election Day, another sigh of relief — from America’s deepest pockets.
Herman Daly: An Economist Who Future Economists—and Societies—Will Dare Not Ignore
Without greater equality, Herman Daly helped us understand, our environment has no real shot at renewal.
You, Poor Voter, Must Stand Back and Watch as Billionaire Plutocrats Purchase Democracy
Regular people cannot, but the billionaire class can spend as much as their hearts desire to influence election outcomes.
How a City’s Unequal Infrastructure Makes Poorer Neighborhoods Hotter
Why poor neighborhoods are often hotter than rich neighborhoods — and what to do about it.
Should We Let Scam-Artists ‘Educate’ Our Young People?
By Sam Pizzigati / CounterPunch Just over 200,000 young American men and women — all students defrauded by a now defunct for-profit trade school — received some welcome news earlier…
Does The Amazon Now Have a Shot at Survival?
By Sam Pizzigati / CounterPunch The Amazon rainforest, our scientists tell us, essentially works as our world’s lungs. If those Amazonian lungs ever stop breathing, so will we. This simple…
Taxing the Rich to Boost Social Security
Instead of growing financial security, Sam Pizzigati says the current retirement system in the U.S. is growing greater overall economic inequality.
Keeping Workers Poor is Bad for Business
At America's biggest low-wage employers, chief executives now pocket 670 times more than their workers.
Why Are Moderna’s Billionaires Airbrushing Scientists Out of the Vaccine Patent Picture?
U.S. taxpayers helped make Moderna executives super-rich, but those same execs aren't exactly sharing the wealth with scientists who made their COVID-19 vaccine a global success.