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Tech billionaires don't want their wealth taxed in California.
September 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Tech billionaires don't want their wealth taxed in California.
Corporate profits are soaring while worker wages stagnate.
September 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Corporate profits are soaring while worker wages stagnate.
Tech money is flowing into the midterm elections at astounding rates.
September 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Tech money is flowing into the midterm elections at astounding rates.
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NEW: In 2025, CEOs of low-wage companies made millions underpaying their workers. When those workers faced attacks by ICE, CEOs were silent — or worse, complicit.
Workers deserve better. #LaborDay 🧵:
Workers deserve better. #LaborDay 🧵:
September 7, 2026 at 3:23 PM
NEW: In 2025, CEOs of low-wage companies made millions underpaying their workers. When those workers faced attacks by ICE, CEOs were silent — or worse, complicit.
Workers deserve better. #LaborDay 🧵:
Workers deserve better. #LaborDay 🧵:
This Labor Day let's get workers their fair share back.
September 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This Labor Day let's get workers their fair share back.
CEO pay goes up; ours doesn't.
September 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
CEO pay goes up; ours doesn't.
Great example of how families are feeling the effects of an economy rigged to favor the rich in their everyday lives.
North Carolina schools are closing because of broken AC and record heat. This is what happens when tax cuts for millionaires and corporations are prioritized over funding our schools.
Patriotic Millionaires have a solution, tax the rich so we can fund our schools.
Patriotic Millionaires have a solution, tax the rich so we can fund our schools.
September 4, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Great example of how families are feeling the effects of an economy rigged to favor the rich in their everyday lives.
New Mexico captures more profits from oil and gas than any other state. Is that deal worth it for its residents, especially ones that live near sites of extraction? inequality.org/article/the-...
Inside New Mexico’s Oil and Gas “Sacrifice Zone”: The Fight to Protect Greater Chaco
New Mexico captures hundreds of millions in oil and gas revenue for public services and long-term savings. But communities closest to the wells say they pay a high price for extraction.
inequality.org
September 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
New Mexico captures more profits from oil and gas than any other state. Is that deal worth it for its residents, especially ones that live near sites of extraction? inequality.org/article/the-...
CEOs are lobbying hard... just not for things that benefit their employees.
September 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
CEOs are lobbying hard... just not for things that benefit their employees.
Our co-editor @sarahanderson.bsky.social has a blistering op-ed in the @latimes.com denouncing the CEOs of Target, Walmart, DoorDash and other low-wage corporations for looking the other way as ICE goes after their employees.
www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
Contributor: Corporations with big pay disparities have been silent as ICE detains their workers
The 'Low-Wage 100' companies are also acquiescing as the Trump administration strips workers' healthcare and food stamps to pay for handouts to CEOs and other wealthy people.
www.yahoo.com
September 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Our co-editor @sarahanderson.bsky.social has a blistering op-ed in the @latimes.com denouncing the CEOs of Target, Walmart, DoorDash and other low-wage corporations for looking the other way as ICE goes after their employees.
www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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No, you’re not crazy. Your pay isn’t enough. New IPS @inequality.org findings on @msnowreports.bsky.social:
September 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
No, you’re not crazy. Your pay isn’t enough. New IPS @inequality.org findings on @msnowreports.bsky.social:
If you exclude Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, the CEO-worker pay gap in America stands at an already obscene 312 to 1. With Musk’s $158 billion payday, the gap rises to an astonishing 5,387 to 1.
September 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
If you exclude Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, the CEO-worker pay gap in America stands at an already obscene 312 to 1. With Musk’s $158 billion payday, the gap rises to an astonishing 5,387 to 1.
Bol, DC's first cooperatively-owned bookstore, offers an alternative model for bookselling and popular education for local communities. inequality.org/article/co-o...
Co-op Bookstores Advance Economic Democracy in the Literary Space
A visit to Bol, the first worked-owned bookstore in Washington, DC.
inequality.org
August 31, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Bol, DC's first cooperatively-owned bookstore, offers an alternative model for bookselling and popular education for local communities. inequality.org/article/co-o...
In 1980, the average major corporate CEO earned just 42 times as much as the average U.S. worker. In 2025, according to new AFL-CIO Paywatch data, S&P 500 firm CEOs pocketed 312 times as much as average workers.
August 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
In 1980, the average major corporate CEO earned just 42 times as much as the average U.S. worker. In 2025, according to new AFL-CIO Paywatch data, S&P 500 firm CEOs pocketed 312 times as much as average workers.
Military contractors are using stock buybacks to artificially inflate the value of their CEOs' stock-based pay. Senators from both sides of the aisle are pushing a bipartisan proposal to ban this practice.
August 28, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Military contractors are using stock buybacks to artificially inflate the value of their CEOs' stock-based pay. Senators from both sides of the aisle are pushing a bipartisan proposal to ban this practice.
“The unfairness of how corporate wealth is distributed is off the charts and people want action to change that,” said
@sarahanderson.bsky.social of @ips-dc.org. “I think we could be seeing the beginning of a serious backlash.”
www.ft.com/content/6f3a...
@sarahanderson.bsky.social of @ips-dc.org. “I think we could be seeing the beginning of a serious backlash.”
www.ft.com/content/6f3a...
US corporate profits surge to record as worker payouts wilt
Pre-tax earnings hit highest share of national income since aftermath of second world war
www.ft.com
August 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM
“The unfairness of how corporate wealth is distributed is off the charts and people want action to change that,” said
@sarahanderson.bsky.social of @ips-dc.org. “I think we could be seeing the beginning of a serious backlash.”
www.ft.com/content/6f3a...
@sarahanderson.bsky.social of @ips-dc.org. “I think we could be seeing the beginning of a serious backlash.”
www.ft.com/content/6f3a...
College graduates need to reframe their cultural and environmental priorities for the whole working class, argues a new report from the Center for Working Class Politics inequality.org/article/how-...
How to Bridge the ‘Diploma Divide’ in the Progressive Movement
College graduates need to build mutual respect with the whole working class.
inequality.org
August 28, 2026 at 1:01 PM
College graduates need to reframe their cultural and environmental priorities for the whole working class, argues a new report from the Center for Working Class Politics inequality.org/article/how-...
"These CEOs are living on a remote economic planet from the one that their employees are living on & it makes it hard for them to fathom what it’s like to worry about putting food on your table or being detained by ICE.” - @sarahanderson.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
CEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US’s 100 lowest-paying corporations
Analysis by Institute for Policy Studies found that between 2019 and 2025, CEO compensation increased 41.4%
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2026 at 8:04 PM
"These CEOs are living on a remote economic planet from the one that their employees are living on & it makes it hard for them to fathom what it’s like to worry about putting food on your table or being detained by ICE.” - @sarahanderson.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Excellent reporting by @ktoussaint.bsky.social of @fastcompany.com on our new @ips-dc.org report on CEO pay and CEO cowardice at the 100 largest low-wage corporations
www.fastcompany.com/91596487/sp-...
www.fastcompany.com/91596487/sp-...
CEOs at these 'low wage' S&P 500 companies enjoy lavish salaries while their workers struggle: report
While bosses' pay remains sky high, a new report says companies like Walmart, DoorDash, and Target are turning a blind eye to worker hardships.
www.fastcompany.com
August 27, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Excellent reporting by @ktoussaint.bsky.social of @fastcompany.com on our new @ips-dc.org report on CEO pay and CEO cowardice at the 100 largest low-wage corporations
www.fastcompany.com/91596487/sp-...
www.fastcompany.com/91596487/sp-...
New @aflcio.org Paywatch data shows that S&P 500 CEOs were paid 312 times as much as average workers in 2025.
This figure excludes Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $158 billion pay package. Including Musk, the CEO-to-worker pay gap jumps to an off-the-charts 5,387-to-1.
This figure excludes Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $158 billion pay package. Including Musk, the CEO-to-worker pay gap jumps to an off-the-charts 5,387-to-1.
August 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
New @aflcio.org Paywatch data shows that S&P 500 CEOs were paid 312 times as much as average workers in 2025.
This figure excludes Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $158 billion pay package. Including Musk, the CEO-to-worker pay gap jumps to an off-the-charts 5,387-to-1.
This figure excludes Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $158 billion pay package. Including Musk, the CEO-to-worker pay gap jumps to an off-the-charts 5,387-to-1.
Credit card monopolies and big banks are spending millions in an attempt to stop a new bipartisan bill that would reform exorbitant “swipe fees.”
To support consumers and small businesses, Congress must not cave to Wall Street’s nonsense.
To support consumers and small businesses, Congress must not cave to Wall Street’s nonsense.
Stop Letting Credit Card Companies Squeeze Small Businesses - OtherWords
Lobby groups are spending big to stop bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering the exorbitant “swipe fees” charged by the credit card industry.
otherwords.org
August 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Hunger, illness and homelessness don’t belong to any political party.
Cutting the programs that address them, like SNAP, is anti-family and anti-community.
American families are struggling. Fund the social safety net.
Cutting the programs that address them, like SNAP, is anti-family and anti-community.
American families are struggling. Fund the social safety net.
Counterpoint: Congress Shrinks SNAP Safety Net When Families Need It Most - NH Journal
New Hampshire - Counterpoint: Congress Shrinks SNAP Safety Net When Families Need It Most - NH Journal - Politics
nhjournal.com
August 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Hunger, illness and homelessness don’t belong to any political party.
Cutting the programs that address them, like SNAP, is anti-family and anti-community.
American families are struggling. Fund the social safety net.
Cutting the programs that address them, like SNAP, is anti-family and anti-community.
American families are struggling. Fund the social safety net.
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"Listen, Target: No bottom line can be met without a functioning democracy." - Emilia Gonzalez of @unidosmn.bsky.social
Petition demanding that Target and other big corps sign a Business for Democracy Pledge: bit.ly/stepup4democracy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_wC...
Petition demanding that Target and other big corps sign a Business for Democracy Pledge: bit.ly/stepup4democracy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_wC...
Press Conference: Minnesota Leaders Condemn Federal Surveillance and Political Retaliation
YouTube video by Unidos MN
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"Listen, Target: No bottom line can be met without a functioning democracy." - Emilia Gonzalez of @unidosmn.bsky.social
Petition demanding that Target and other big corps sign a Business for Democracy Pledge: bit.ly/stepup4democracy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_wC...
Petition demanding that Target and other big corps sign a Business for Democracy Pledge: bit.ly/stepup4democracy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_wC...
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The summer heat is still here, and working people across the country are feeling it.
Extreme heat is a deadly health hazard.
Every worker deserves to go home at the end of their shift safe and healthy. Know your rights and protect yourself on the job:
Extreme heat is a deadly health hazard.
Every worker deserves to go home at the end of their shift safe and healthy. Know your rights and protect yourself on the job:
Heat at Work | AFL-CIO
Exposure to heat at work has long been recognized as a health and safety hazard. Climate change is worsening the problem as heat at work becomes more deadly every year.
aflcio.org
August 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The summer heat is still here, and working people across the country are feeling it.
Extreme heat is a deadly health hazard.
Every worker deserves to go home at the end of their shift safe and healthy. Know your rights and protect yourself on the job:
Extreme heat is a deadly health hazard.
Every worker deserves to go home at the end of their shift safe and healthy. Know your rights and protect yourself on the job:
The U.S. economy is increasingly relying on the spending power of the wealthy. The top 10 percent now account for nearly half of all consumer spending — up from 43.2 percent in 2020.
August 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The U.S. economy is increasingly relying on the spending power of the wealthy. The top 10 percent now account for nearly half of all consumer spending — up from 43.2 percent in 2020.