Who Wants to Be a Trillionaire?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Forbes’ annual list of the 400 richest Americans debuted in 1982 with shipping magnate Daniel Ludwig in the top slot. Ludwig’s wealth, the magazine reported, was $2 billion (about $6.3 billion in today’s dollars). That only 13 billionaires graced the…
In Georgia, a Rare Bipartisan Push for Disability Rights
Disabled people working in a sheltered workshop, where disabled workers are often paid less than minimum wageKim Weimer/Bucks County Courier Times/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Georgia could become the next state to end the subminimum wage for disabled people, a widespread and now…
Can American Labor Seize the Moment?
This story is a collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Magnum Foundation. We asked photographers to show us the paradox of today’s labor movement. Even as the popularity of unions has grown over the last decade, actual membership has continued to decline. Can new enthusiasm revitalize American labor? The American public seems to…
Millions of Americans Will Soon Lose Internet Access. That’s a Disaster for Rural Health.
Mother Jones Illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On New Year’s Eve 2021, the federal government launched the Affordable Connectivity Program, which has helped over 20 million American households afford internet access with monthly subsidies of $30 (or up to $75 on some…
It’s No Secret Our Tax System Punishes Low-Income People. It Doesn’t Have To.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates inequality. Oregon taxpayers will become some of the first in the nation to have the option to self-identify their race and ethnicity…
Report: After End of Pandemic Aid, Nearly a Quarter of New Yorkers Live in Poverty
One in four kids in New York City live in poverty, according to a new report.Anthony Behar/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One in four kids in New York City live in poverty, according to a sobering report released today that sheds light on…