The rapidly widening divide between the rich and the rest of us is neither natural nor accidental. America needs a "Lizzie"--a way to re-balance the tax burden fairly between wages and wealth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has taken the lead on this fundamental democratic reform by proposing a return to America's historic tax principle of "ability to pay." Her idea is to shut down the elites' shameful tax dodging with a straight-forward tax on extreme wealth. Read more...
BEZOS’ COLD, MICROMANAGED, time-motion approach to the workplace is a direct descendant (and extreme extension) of a theory of “scientific management”... Read more...
LEGEND HAS IT that Amazon is a classic story of pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. In 1994, a bright,... Read more...
Working. Poor. In our US of A, those words ought never be juxtaposed. The very concept of paying poverty wages in... Read more...
Until her death last summer, Margaret Mary Vojtkotaught French for 25 years at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, earning high marks from... Read more...
By gollies, McDonald’s cares. Despite being a corporate behemoth (more than 14,000 stores in the US, $27 billion a year... Read more...
Poverty in America: Bigger than ever and rapidly spreading. The flood of poor people in this Land of Plenty is being... Read more...
Being wronged by a corporation is painful enough, but getting your day in court is no picnic either. Aside from... Read more...
During the past several years, a mess of plutocratic myths has been growing like kudzu across our political landscape. This aggressive... Read more...
Demonstrating the depth of his insight into the problems of low-wage workers, GOP Rep. Bill Young of Florida recently “discussed” the... Read more...
Sometimes, it’s useful to state the obvious. Here’s a fact, for example, that we all know to be true: America’s economy... Read more...
Profits up!” gloat today’s headlines in the business media. The New York Times reports that the profits of 175 of... Read more...
By gollies, when the economic going gets toughfor America’s workaday people, you can always count on our tough-minded political leaders... Read more...
The name Felix Walker is not one you would recognize, but this 19th-century congressman inadvertently contributed a word to America’s political... Read more...
What the hell’s happening here? Why is my bank in the tank? And my house and job? And my retirement money?... Read more...
Harry Truman said, “No man should be allowed to be president who doesn’t understand hogs.” That’s never been more true... Read more...
WASHINGTON WAS EXCITED. The media establishment applauded. Wall Street smiled. Somewhere, a bluebird of happiness chirped. In a celebrated display... Read more...
THE WAILING IN OUR COUNTRY ABOUT the “invasion of immigrants” has been long and loud. As one complainant put it, “Few... Read more...
By the fifth day — with New Orleans under 20 feet of toxic water, with federal help still nowhere to... Read more...