Today on TAP: Michael Bloomberg comes out against economic inequality
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Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Decade in 11 Movements
The 2010s saw a surge in activism. Here are some of the highlights.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Left-Right Battle Over Defining Poverty
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants the federal poverty line to better reflect the realities of modern life. The Trump administration wants to do the opposite.
Posted inPolitics
Mayor Pete vs. AOC on Religious Left Values
Rolling Stone says the religious left should welcome Pete Buttigieg’s ‘public embrace of Christianity,’ but AOC’s ‘love thy neighbor’ politics reflects the Catholic Worker roots of democratic socialism.
Posted inPolitics
America’s Next President: Warren Sanders
The ‘team’ we need to make America decent again
Posted inGreen New Deal
Toxic Injustices
Priority for abused communities must pervade every aspect of a Green New Deal.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Battle in Seattle
A look back at the origins of the 21st-century left
Posted inPolitics
What Obama Really Wants
His interventions in the presidential race are music to the ears of the wealthy and powerful.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Billionaires Don’t Really Like Capitalism
There are basically only five ways to accumulate a billion dollars, and none of them has to do with being successful in free market capitalism.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Gabriel Zucman Explains How the Rich Get Richer
A French economist finds that America’s tax structure lies at the heart of inequality.