inequality
Trumka rips Senate GOP and its leader, McConnell
July 9, 2020AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has had it up to here with the U.S. Senate’s ruling Republicans and specifically with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
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Pandemic profits: Analysis shows the ultra-rich got ultra-richer as coronavirus hit
May 5, 2020Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' net worth grew by $12 billion from mid-March to April 10 alone—while 20 million U.S. workers lost their jobs in those same weeks.
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Workers are essential, bosses are not
April 14, 2020Who's essential, and who isn't?
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‘Parade’ magazine tells us what people earn: How about a maximum wage?
April 13, 2020There’s a kind of voyeuristic “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” quality about this annual survey, we ordinary readers sitting at our kitchen tables drooling over celebrities’ estimated bank statements.
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Love in the time of coronavirus and the internet
March 30, 2020It occurs to this dishwasher that this is the moment for the deepest expression of love—not romantic love, but the kind that finds expression in solidarity with family, friends, and community. It is the only way...
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