Sanders Vows to Tax Billionaires Who Grew 62% Richer During Pandemic

"The unconscionable growth in billionaire wealth through the misery of the pandemic is the clearest case I can imagine for the progressive tax reform working its way through Congress."

Centrists Lose Bid to Sabotage Reconciliation as House Advances $3.5T Bill

The vote allows Congress to proceed with crafting the $3.5 trillion bill that progressives and Democrats have lauded.

Cori Bush Blasts Centrists, Saying “Budget Resolution Isn’t a Political Pawn”

The centrists claimed this week that Joe Biden has their back, but the White House denied this was true.

Pelosi Runs Over Right-Wing Dems as House Approves $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint

"Our position remains unchanged," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Congressional Progressive Caucus chair. "We will work to first pass the Build Back Better reconciliation bill... and then pass the infrastructure bill."

OnlyFans CEO on why it banned adult content: ‘the short answer is banks’

OnlyFans will purge "sexually explicit" material October 1st.

OnlyFans: What content will be banned under the new rules?

OnlyFans pivoted after pressure from credit card companies.

Explaining 21st-Century Capitalism in a Way Everyone Can Understand

Now that so many people have realized that the capitalist system is riddled with problems, they want a clear explanation about the functioning of the system. They are dissatisfied and impatient with how school courses, politicians’ statements, and...

In Win for Gig Workers, Judge Rules California's Prop 22 Unconstitutional

Passed last November, Prop 22 let companies evade labor rights by classifying workers as independent contractors.

Sex workers made OnlyFans valuable — then it sold them out

What comes next for cam workers?

The Taliban are megarich – here's where they get the money they use to wage war in Afghanistan

Because the Taliban’s insurgency is so well financed, the Afghan government must spend enormous sums on war, too. A peace accord would free up funds for basic services, economic development and more.

The Real Impact of the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Will Be Felt Locally

For decades, many localities have preferred to cut taxes and defer needed improvements to infrastructure.

CEOs Got Bonuses While Workers Struggled During the Pandemic

CEOs at the largest publicly traded companies earned, on average, 351 times as much as the typical worker.

OnlyFans blames financial companies for pivot from porn

The porn industry's role in the creator economy is in jeopardy as OnlyFans bans sexually explicit content.

To Redditors, Robinhood isn’t a meme stock any more

When Robinhood announced its first earnings as a public company on Aug. 18, the Redditors on the WallStreetBets forum barely raised a murmur. Mentions of Robinhood have crashed from its time as a meme stock.

Debt and Disillusionment: the College Game

For the last decade and a half, I’ve been teaching ethics to undergraduates. Now — admittedly, a little late to the party — I’ve started seriously

New Bill Proposes Cutting Pentagon Spending to Fund Vaccines for Poor Nations

"We can't bomb our way out of a global pandemic."

The $26 an Hour Minimum Wage?

That may sound pretty crazy, but that’s roughly what the minimum wage would be today if it had kept pace with productivity growth since its value peaked

Facebook teams up with Indifi to help provide loans to small businesses - ET CIO

Facebook is partnering with an online lending firm Indifi to help provide loans to small domestic businesses, its country head said on Friday, as part..

Executives Cut Their Own Salaries to Save Even More on Taxes Under Trump Law

Some business owners used a loophole in the Trump tax cut to reclassify their wages as profit, reducing their tax bill.

Opinion | The Hourly Minimum Wage Should Be $26

Not only did the federal minimum wage not keep pace with productivity growth, it did not even keep pace with inflation.