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.
Lee Camp and Adam McKay on Social Criticisms and Government Corruption
This week on VIP Lee Camp looks back to a 2016 interview with the director of the Netflix smash-hit “Don’t Look Up.” Adam McKay is responsible for brilliant social criticisms…
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…
Billionaires Gone Wild: Pandemic Profiteering By the Numbers
A running tally of how the pandemic has been increasing inequity at a fantastic rate.
There Was Nothing Corporate-Friendly About Martin Luther King, Jr.
On the anniversary of the civil rights hero's birth, it's worth recalling his words on corporate service, charity, and truth-telling action.
Vaccine Thinking Applied to All of American Life
The remarkably speedy hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine shows what might be possible when it comes to the inequality that may be the most striking aspect of American life in…
America Is Complicit in Yemen’s Spiral Toward Mass Starvation
The war in Yemen is an American war, and Americans have Yemeni blood on their hands.
Ronald Goldfarb: America’s Prized Legal System Only Works for the Rich
On this week's "Scheer Intelligence," the attorney offers a scathing indictment of American law and lawyers in his new book, "The Price of Justice."
It’s No Surprise Corporate Media Abhors Wealth Taxes
Why are media outlets throwing cold water on the idea? The answer is pretty simple.
Anand Giridharadas: Billionaires Are the Lethal Monkey on the Back of the American Public
The "Winners Take All" author explains how the philanthropy of the 1 percent creates harmful illusions.
Peter Moskowitz: Gentrification Is Killing Entire Cities
The journalist and writer talks about the downside of gentrification, housing as a right, and his new book, "How to Kill A City."
Thomas Frank on Democrats’ Betrayal of the Working Class
Robert Scheer sits down with the writer to discuss his new book about the changing face of liberals.