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Your stock portfolio may grow. But say goodbye to next year’s raise—and maybe even your job. Donald Trump’s election provides a useful occasion to examine the difference between what rich people want and what constitutes a thriving economy.

The rich are growing astronomically richer while poverty reduction has ground to a standstill. In today’s world of widespread poverty and unprecedented wealth, how about raising the wages of the most poorly-paid workers?

Aggressively anti-Palestinian appointees, who tend to describe all campus protesters as Hamas supporters, will soon steer both foreign and domestic policy, creating a Trump administration united in seeking a crackdown on the pro-Palestinian movement.

Women are not okay. We’re furious...Trump’s margin of victory was powered by men, who voted for him by 55 percent—a few points more than went for him in 2020. Trump made gains with almost every type of man, especially younger men and Latino men.

It’s worldwide

New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.

If floundering leaders and ineffectual democracies are the new norm, we’re in a very dangerous time.