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Sarah Anderson

@sarahanderson.bsky.social
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Global Economy Director and co-editor of Inequality.org at the Institute for Policy Studies (@ips-dc.bsky.social). Subscribe to our free newsletter: Inequality.org/subscribe

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 02/10/2026
California's biggest crybabies are throwing their financial might against a tax that'd only take a sliver of their massive wealth.
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 01/10/2026
NEW: @insidephilanthropy.com spoke with @bdevaan.bsky.social about our new Gilded Giving 2026 report, including the negative impact President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” has had on both the nonprofit sector and the lives of everyday Americans.
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Four Key Takeaways from a New Report on “Philanthropy Under Oligarchy”
The Institute for Policy Studies paints a dire picture of funders hoarding wealth and capitulating to the president. It also offers glimmers of hope.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 01/10/2026
Thiel’s wealth is 10,759 times the median wealth of a Californian household, writes @chuck77.bsky.social.
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These 22 California Billionaires Don't Want to Pay Their Fair Share
​A small segment of the state’s 200-plus billionaires has stepped up to oppose Prop 40, a ballot proposal to tax billionaires, contributing millions to opposition groups and vocally speaking out against the one-time fee.
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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Don't blame the dog! But this is ridiculous.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tired of being overcharged and ripped off? Is your head spinning from all of the sneaky ways corporations can gouge you? @lindsayowens.bsky.social shared with @npr.org four ways to protect yourself as a shopper. But this isn't an individual problem. We need basic protections.
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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Had a birds-eye view out my office window of the Free Tibet protestors today. Xi is in town for a confab with Trump. Nice to see the chill security around this quite impressive march.
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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This man was at least the 3rd DoorDash driver shot by ICE in the past year. DoorDash management continues to remain silent in the face of these attacks on their drivers. Wonder if the same would be true if ICE were shooting DoorDash executives?
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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-...
inequality.org
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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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 15/09/2026
Corporate profits are soaring while worker wages stagnate.
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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
614 reasons to increase taxes on companies with huge pay gaps. finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
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CEOs at lowest-paying US S&P 500 firms made 614 times their workers' pay, report finds
"It seems like these CEOs are just living on a remote economic planet from the one that their employees are living on."
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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 · 06/09/2026
CEO pay goes up; ours doesn't.
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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This development is giving me some hope for justice and accountability in this country. Btw, the two men the ICE agent was pursuing were DoorDash drivers. That firm's CEO has not commented on this attack or the ICE killing of another driver in Maine. minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/04/i...
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ICE agent Christian Castro turns himself in on federal charges • Minnesota Reformer
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro, who is accused of shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis through the closed door of a Minneapolis home in January, turned himself in to federal aut...
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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 · 03/09/2026
CEOs are lobbying hard... just not for things that benefit their employees.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Howard Lutnick is pushing tariffs that he knows are illegal because his family stands to make hundreds of millions on them deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-e...
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BREAKING: Epstein-Cuck Howard Lutnick Is Lying About Canada Because He And His Family Gets Oprah Rich If The Tariffs Never End
The Commerce Secretary spent a week trashing Carney for walking away from “the greatest deal in the world.” He and his is kids built a business model around Trump’s tariffs that’s making them billions
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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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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is one of the hardest-hitting op-eds I've ever written for the mainstream media. Made me feel a bit better about the state of freedom of the press in this country. 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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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...
ft.com
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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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 27/08/2026
IPS stands in solidarity with the researchers at @americanprogress.bsky.social, along with all of the scholars, activists, journalists, and others targeted by this administration. Speaking truths to power is not a privilege, it's a right.
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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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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Every year I just about go blind doing the research for our annual Executive Excess report. This one was particularly grueling - not just because of all the number-crunching but also the disturbing content about CEOs' skewed priorities in a hellish year for low-wage workers.
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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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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A stream of military planes are rattling our house, heading north from DC. Are they from the Freedom Grand Prix - or could they be heading to bomb Canada for not accepting Trump's tariff deal?
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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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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The area of downtown DC by our office used to be a gathering place for Latino moped drivers in between deliveries for for DoorDash, Grubhub, etc... Between ICE and the National Guard, they're all gone. Today, for the first time, I saw their replacement.
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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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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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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Most corporate CEOs have remained silent in the face of the ICE surge that has terrorized employees. But this is way worse than silence. Last yr, Dollar General instructed store managers to facilitate ICE questioning. No mention of constitutional right to refuse. finance.yahoo.com/news/dollar-...
finance.yahoo.com
Dollar General sends a hard-nosed message to employees
The discount store company has advised its employees to comply with a controversial federal policy.
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Mike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Very excited to share what we built at @economicsecurityproject.org: the Affordability Dashboard. There's a bunch of scattered data I'm always pulling, stuff useful for politicos, reporters, and activists on affordability, so we put it in one place. /1 economicsecurityproject.org/resource/aff...
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Affordability Dashboard
Childcare. Healthcare. Groceries. Gas. Every essential costs more since the pandemic.
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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
My sense is we need lots more progressives working on this issue. Yikes.
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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I find politicians who oppose enforceable heat protections for workers particularly vile. How many of them have done manual labor in 100+ degree heat?
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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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Zorka Milin @zorkamilin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
My thoughts on equitable AI economy and international tax reform in @projectsyndicate.bsky.social Corporate taxes are the battleground where public trust in AI, and our governing institutions, will be won or lost. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
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Global Tax Reform Is the Key to a Fair AI Economy
Zorka Milin shows why digital-service levies are a necessary first step toward a more equitable multilateral architecture.
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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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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Confused about why so many millions of Americans are facing the loss of #SNAP? This @nytimes.com podcast should clear it up. The "reforms" are not about ending fraud or incentivizing people to work. They're about burying qualified people in red tape. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/p...
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Arizona’s Food Stamp Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the U.S.
The number of people who receive nutrition assistance in Arizona has dropped significantly in a matter of months.
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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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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Such an inspiring story of how we can take on Big Tech -- and win! via @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social 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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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Trump has slapped new tariffs on Canada as punishment for their alleged disregard for “forced labor” protections. It sounded dubious - until I spotted hard evidence right on my Canadian maple syrup can! 😉
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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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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Carbon Hogs for the 1%......
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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
AI will shape the future of work - whether we like it or not. The question is who gets to shape AI. Working people deserve a seat at the table, real guardrails and a future where technology creates opportunity instead of insecurity.
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How labor unions are tackling AI and midterm elections
How the nation’s largest federation of labor unions is approaching AI ahead of the midterm elections.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 22/07/2026
The SpaceX scam has delivered record profits for Wall St banks but big risks to everyday retirement savers. Natalia Renta of @ourfinancialsecurity.org explains what we can do about it.
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How to Protect Working People’s Nest Eggs from SpaceX Scam
Fast-tracking SpaceX and other untested public companies into index funds benefits top executives and corporate insiders while putting ordinary retirement savers at risk.
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Sarah Anderson @sarahanderson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Good take from @rbreich.bsky.social on taxing corporations with huge CEO-worker pay gaps youtube.com/shorts/egfrr...
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The Secret Behind Massive CEO Pay (And What We Can Do About It)
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 20/07/2026
"FIFA is clearly competing to produce the world’s most polluting sport competition... The World Cup belongs to everyone, not just the private jet class." @taxprivatejets.org @inequality.org @ips-dc.org @patrioticmillionaires.org www.commondreams.org/opinion/fifa...
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The FIFA World Cup: Private Jet Pollution Spikes | Common Dreams
The FIFA World Cup final is marred by wildfire smoke and private jet pollution, putting the health of fans and the planet at risk. Should FIFA ban private jets to protect our environment and make the ...
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Demos @demosorg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
When corporations profit from detention & deportation, communities pay the price. Our latest piece reveals how private prison corporations benefit from ICE expansion, influence immigration policy, & profit from systems that harm Black & brown communities. demos.nyc/4pxruxu
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Profit Over People: How Private Prisons and ICE Harm Communities and Democracy | Demos
Private prison corporations lobbied for ICE's expansion and are now profiting from it. Closing campaign finance loopholes is a necessary first step.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 15/07/2026
We need to get fossil fuel money out of politics yesterday. inequality.org/article/this...
inequality.org
This Deadly Heat Wave Has a Culprit
As people die in this heat, it’s time to kick the fossil fuel industry out of our politics.
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 14/07/2026
When the World Cup semifinals kickoff this afternoon, hundreds of millions of fans won't be able to watch because of electrical access inequities. inequality.org/article/elec...
inequality.org
The Electricity Divide Is Keeping More than Half a Billion from Enjoying World Cup
Debt obligations are keeping the Global South from electrifying, holding back development and blocking millions from watching this summer’s tournament.
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 09/07/2026
On July 23, IPS invites you to join us for our 3rd Annual Henry A. Wallace Symposium, featuring speakers @raskin.house.gov, @ariassulma.bsky.social, @keyachatterjee.bsky.social, @lindsayowens.bsky.social, @aru-shiney-ajay.bsky.social, and more! Reserve your in-person or live stream tickets today!
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Forging a Democracy that Works for All - Institute for Policy Studies
IPS, The Nation, and We Build Progress in partnership with the Wallace Global Fund present the 3rd Annual Henry A. Wallace Symposium.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
For World Cup fans in @mayor.nyc.gov's NY, this could be their lucky summer. His lottery replaces the ticket monopoly's pay-more-to-win model w/ something much fairer. "It's a breath of fresh air for New Yorkers who know they're being ripped off." @lindsayowens.bsky.social in @businessinsider.com.
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Welcome to Mamdani's hot lottery summer in New York
New York City has been offering lotteries for everything from cheap World Cup tickets to Knicks-themed litter baskets.
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