Wealth tax skeptics either fail to notice the massive upward redistribution of wealth, income, and political power, benefit from it, or fear challenging it.
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Posted inTechnology
Social Media’s Endgame Moment
Even users don’t like it. So when you ask juries to render verdicts, they’re inclined to punish the platforms.
Posted inEconomic Policy
More States Are Taxing the Ultra-Rich—Washington Is the Latest
As inequality grows, states are stepping up where the federal government hasn’t. ‘It’s a movement,’ says Patriotic Millionaires’ Chuck Collins.
Posted inTAP
Stephen Miller: Too Cruel for School
The Don’s consigliere tells Texas Republicans to end undocumented children’s access to public schools.
Posted inPolitics
Tom Steyer Is Trying Politics
To revive a dead political culture that could lead to a Republican becoming governor in one of the nation’s most Democratic states, the billionaire former investor is talking to voters.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Democratic States Seek to Block Massive TV Station Merger
The team-up of Nexstar and Tegna would cover 80 percent of U.S. households. It’s the first of several cases where states are at odds with pay-to-play federal antitrust enforcement.
Posted inWorking in America
Then They Came for the Immigrant Truckers
Trump strips commercial driver’s licenses from 200,000 legal immigrants who bring your goods to market.
Posted inTAP
Cesar Falls
With the horror of the revelations of his sexual predations, an already tarnished icon collapses.
Posted inLaw and Justice
States Substitute for Corrupt Feds on Antitrust
On Live Nation, Paramount–Warner Bros., and more, state attorneys general are becoming the chief antitrust enforcer. Do they have the capacity to keep going?
Posted inWorking in America
‘My Lungs Had Nothing Left’: Inside the Epidemic Killing Countertop Stonecutters
A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough.