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These trailblazers are heading to Washington to advance a bold social and economic justice agenda, with a strong focus on reversing inequality.
These three families own a combined fortune of $348.7 billion, which is 4 million times the median wealth of a US family.
Warren tells her own story to show how radically government has abandoned its responsibility to help the poor and working class. A speech about fighting the politics of division in the age of Trump.
To combat the rise of an international authoritarian axis, we need an international progressive movement that mobilizes behind a vision of shared prosperity, security and dignity, and that addresses the global inequality in wealth and political power
A call for a new union strategy from three prominent workers' advocates. It is the concentration of wealth and power in this new economy, not computerization or artificial intelligence, that represents the gravest threat to our future.
Her new bill would compel corporations to dump “maximizing shareholder value” and put worker representatives on their boards.
Robert Reich argues that to stop the rise of more Trumps in the future we must go after the system that prepared the way for his rise to power.
Would the US be better off helping stabilize the Chinese economy, rather than gearing up for a trade war?
How has a country of under five million become a world leader in democratic, sustainable, and inclusive economic growth? The answer lies in its people's belief in focusing on the welfare of all citizens.
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