Richest 1% Took 38% of New Global Wealth Since 1995. The Bottom Half Got Just 2%.
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams In the nearly three decades since 1995, members of the global 1% have captured 38% of all new wealth while the poorest half of…
A Project for Survival in These United States
Lifting from the bottom so everyone can rise.
Opposing His Renomination, Warren Calls Fed Chair Powell ‘A Dangerous Man’
"Your record gives me grave concern," Sen. Elizabeth Warren told Jerome Powell. "Over and over, you have acted to make our banking system less safe."
Hedges: The Collective Suicide Machine and the Fall of Kabul
The return of the Taliban to power will be one more signpost of the end of the American empire — and nobody will be held accountable.
Wealth Hoarding by ‘Silver Spoon Oligarchs’ Is Endangering U.S. Democracy: Report
America’s top 50 richest families doubled their combined total wealth in just one year.
There’s No ‘Labor Shortage.’ There’s a Wage Shortage
To find workers, there’s a free-enterprise solution right at employers’ fingertips: raise pay, improve conditions, and show respect.
Economic Study Shows Why ‘Saving the Planet Is Not a Jobs Killer’
"It's not an impossible task to make sure workers in the fossil fuel industry are provided with the skills, training, and opportunities to find other jobs," the Center for Economic…
Corporate Media Become Deficit Hawks When It Comes to Progressive Legislation
The point of deficit hawkery is to scold and scare readers into accepting cuts to welfare and public services that are of no use to the wealthy, while they curiously…
The New Elite: Dark Nights Rising
America's new self-replicating economic elite is conditioned from childhood to accept heirarchy, domination and authority.
So Trump Loses. What Happens Then?
Joe Biden’s arrival in the Oval Office won’t alter one mega-fact: Donald Trump will hand him a monstrous economic mess.
Beware Corporate Covid Propaganda
CEOs say they’re cutting their own pay in solidarity with laid off or hurting workers — only, not really.
Covid-19 Is Giving Oil Companies a Taste of Another Looming Crisis
Big oil companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron have lost billions during the pandemic, but that's nothing compared to what's coming.
NEW (6/4) Hedges on Dore Show: The Ruling Elite Has Lost All Legitimacy
Journalist and activist Chris Hedges and Jimmy Dore discuss Hedges' most recent article for Scheerpost and the latest events on the streets of America.
‘Redacted Tonight’: Scheer & Camp on the Fall of American Journalism, China, and the Economy
They also discuss anti-China sentiment, the two-party political system, the state of the economy, Trump's election, Russiagate, and more.
Hedges/Dore: The Real Looting Of America CNN Won’t Show You
Chris Hedges on The Jimmy Dore Show discuss the roots of this terrible moment in American history.