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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 28/09/2026
Big Tech is getting off the hook for taxes by... investing in their own AI capabilities?
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 27/09/2026
The gender wealth gap is nowhere near closed.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 25/09/2026
We may soon have an IPCC for global inequality. The key to making it work, writes Jenny Ricks, will be working with the movements that made inequality an international issue. inequality.org/article/the-...
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The World Is Building an IPCC for Inequality. Let's Make It Count
Governments are finally building a panel to measure the wealth gap. That's welcome, but the force closing it was never going to come from experts alone.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 25/09/2026
Wealthy jet setters benefit from public infrastructure without paying for it. Socialism for the rich, barbarism for the rest of us.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 24/09/2026
Who's bankrolling opposition to California's proposed billionaire tax? The answer may surprise you: billionaires. inequality.org/article/the-...
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Billionaire Bankrollers: Meet the 22 California Billionaires Opposing the Prop 40 Tax on Billionaires
A cadre of anti-tax Californians have seen their personal wealth increase by over 64 percent in the last twenty months.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 22/09/2026
National Farm Worker Ministry leaders are supporting a campaign targeting Costa Farms, the largest US houseplant producer, calling on the company to improve harsh labor conditions at their nurseries and agree to independent monitoring and enforcement. inequality.org/article/who-...
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Who Grows the Plants in Our Sacred Spaces?
For the largely immigrant workers whose labor brings beauty to our sacred spaces, homes, and public places, speaking out about working conditions can come with the risk of retaliation.
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Chuck Collins @chuck77.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We all pay the price of luxury travel for the wealthy @taxprivatejets.org @inequality.org @ips-dc.org san.com/cc/private-j...
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Private jet-setting is booming. But are you helping foot the bill?
Private jet travel is booming, but a new report says taxpayers and airline passengers may be paying some of the financial and climate costs.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 21/09/2026
Want to get paid more? Organize your workplace!
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 18/09/2026
Our energy bills get higher while CEOs line their pockets.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 17/09/2026
15 years after Occupy Wall Street, a reminder that struggles against inequality have a long legacy. inequality.org/article/15-y...
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 16/09/2026
Tech billionaires don't want their wealth taxed in California.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 15/09/2026
Corporate profits are soaring while worker wages stagnate.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 14/09/2026
Tech money is flowing into the midterm elections at astounding rates.
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 07/09/2026
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 🧵:
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 07/09/2026
This Labor Day let's get workers their fair share back.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 06/09/2026
CEO pay goes up; ours doesn't.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 04/09/2026
Great example of how families are feeling the effects of an economy rigged to favor the rich in their everyday lives.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 04/09/2026
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-...
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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.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 03/09/2026
CEOs are lobbying hard... just not for things that benefit their employees.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 02/09/2026
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...
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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.
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 01/09/2026
No, you’re not crazy. Your pay isn’t enough. New IPS @inequality.org findings on @msnowreports.bsky.social:
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 01/09/2026
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.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 31/08/2026
Bol, DC's first cooperatively-owned bookstore, offers an alternative model for bookselling and popular education for local communities. inequality.org/article/co-o...
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Co-op Bookstores Advance Economic Democracy in the Literary Space
A visit to Bol, the first worked-owned bookstore in Washington, DC.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 30/08/2026
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.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 28/08/2026
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.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 28/08/2026
“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...
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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
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 28/08/2026
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-...
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How to Bridge the ‘Diploma Divide’ in the Progressive Movement
College graduates need to build mutual respect with the whole working class.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 27/08/2026
"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...
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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%
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 27/08/2026
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-...
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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.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 24/08/2026
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.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 21/08/2026
Excellent analysis by @carterd.bsky.social of @demandprogress.bsky.social
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 20/08/2026
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.
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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
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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"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...
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Press Conference: Minnesota Leaders Condemn Federal Surveillance and Political Retaliation
YouTube video by Unidos MN
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 18/08/2026
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:
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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.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 19/08/2026
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.
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 17/08/2026
NEW: Trump's mass deportation push is costing U.S. taxpayers $2,358 each(!), new research from @epi.org and @nationalpriorities.bsky.social found this month. "I don't think people realize how much money is being spent on these mass deportations."
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Trump deportations cost taxpayers $2,358 each
The projected $268.9 billion could otherwise fund major safety-net programs.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 17/08/2026
A recent federal ruling has closed the door to justice for people who get sick from harmful pesticides. But states still have the power to protect their residents in other ways — and they must use it. inequality.org/article/how-...
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How States Can Protect Residents from Harmful Pesticides
The Supreme Court may have sided with Monsanto, but states can still take action against harmful pesticide manufacturers.
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 14/08/2026
In the 2024 elections, Musk was the largest campaign donor, giving $291 million. That’s chump change for him, but it bought lucrative contracts, the suspension of investigations of Musk’s businesses, and the authority to dismantle government programs. Tax billionaire wealth now.
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Elon Musk’s Fortune Comes From Not Paying Taxes - OtherWords
Trillionaires are creatures of the tax code. If they paid taxes like working people, we wouldn’t have any.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 11/08/2026
The stock market is booming. Our economic conditions? Not so much.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 10/08/2026
As corporate lobbyists and the Trump admin work to block workplace heat protections, more workers are exposed to dangerous heat stress across the world.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 07/08/2026
Truly accessible housing policy must help keep people in the communities that support them. inequality.org/article/hous...
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Housing Policy Should Protect Disability Communities, Not Displace Them
True housing accessibility isn't just about ramps and elevators — we also need to be able to afford to stay in the communities that support us.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 06/08/2026
The climate crisis has exposed more and more workers to extreme heat. Regulations need to catch up to the problem.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 03/08/2026
The latest UBS Global Wealth Report offers a stark snapshot of global inequality: The richest 1.5 percent of the world's adults now own nearly half of all global wealth.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 31/07/2026
Trump administration cuts have put extreme strain on state coffers. Illinois, in a model for the nation, opted to make up budget shortfalls by taxing one industry with plenty of revenue to spare: Big Tech. inequality.org/article/stat...
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States Can Make Big Tech Pay Their Fair Share
To offset federal cuts, Illinois will now tax corporations using our personal data for advertising. Other states should follow.
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Tax Private Jets @taxprivatejets.org · 30/07/2026
EXCLUSIVE: satellite images of Teterboro — the busiest private jet airport in America, 3 miles from MetLife Stadium — on the day of the World Cup final. 330+ jets parked on the ramp. A normal day: 205. Count them yourself. 👇
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 30/07/2026
Goods that working-class families need to get by will get no such exemption.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 29/07/2026
An international organization representing 200 million workers has put the United States on its watchlist following escalating labor violations like the stripping of bargaining rights from federal employees and attacks on immigrants. @ituc.bsky.social inequality.org/article/the-...
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The World Is Watching the United States. So Are Workers.
An international coalition of unions just placed the United States on a "Watchlist" for labor violations.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 28/07/2026
Increasing union density must be the primary objective of the labor movement.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 27/07/2026
Fears of an exodus of wealthy residents from Massachusetts after the implementation of the state's Fair Share tax were overblown, our research has found. inequality.org/article/wher...
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 25/07/2026
Over 90 thousand private jets flew in and out of World Cup host cities this summer, our researchers found. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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How World Cup gas-guzzling private jets pumped out super-polluters
Roughly 92,000 private jets flew in and out of host cities this World Cup to match the annual emissions of more than 34,000 cars.
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