Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck, accumulate little to no wealth and pay taxes. A family with a median income of $70,000 per year pays an average tax rate of 14% per year. But the big capitalists live in a different world. As their wealth expands, their...
MacKenzie Scott, who divorced from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, is troubled by the tremendous and growing wealth inequality in the world. “In this effort,” she writes of her $2.7 billion giveaway, “we are governed by a humbling belief that it would be...
We are facing a crisis like never before. The current organization of production, especially the burning of oil, coal and gas as the main sources of energy, is destroying life on the planet. The Climate Crisis Climate change is causing more frequent and more intense...
What They Say U.S. politicians from both parties say we fight wars to defend what they call the “free world” from tyranny. They tell us that the U.S. is a beacon of freedom and democracy. They use patriotism (another word for nationalism) and wave the flag to get us...
Recently the global soccer world was taken by storm. Twelve of the most powerful and famous professional soccer teams in the world (who are based in Europe) announced they would create a new “Super League.” The Super League would have ruined how professional soccer in...
