Tag: income inequality

Trickle-Down Economics Explained: Where it Came From, What it Promises, and What it Did

Trickle-down economics explained — the phrase started as a Depression-era joke, became Reagan-era policy, and has been tested for 50…

Soaring Gas Prices, Disrupted Supply Chains Will Increase Costs in Every Store and Sector of the Economy

Soaring gas prices is one of several ways in which U.S. consumers will begin to feel the pinch of the…

Is Pete Hegseth Talking About Iran or the U.S.?

Is Pete Hegseth describing the spending of the “radical ideology” leading the country in Iran or the U.S.? See if…

The Income and Wealth Gap in America: Why It Keeps Growing

The top 1% now holds more wealth than the entire bottom 90% combined. How we got here.

Senator Bernie Sanders Senate Speech: Nation in Decline

Watch Senator Bernie Sanders deliver a powerful speech in Congress on America's decline under an authoritarian leader. Learn how our…

Cruel, Short-sighted attack on low-income Communities by dismantling CDFI fund

The federal government has a powerful tool to spur investment in communities traditionally locked out of it. But Trump is…

Executive Pay is Skyrocketing: Elon Musk Raked in Massive Pay Package

Elon Musk gets a $56 billion pay package while workers’ pay is stagnant, income inequality grows, and the wealth gap…