America’s Wealth Gap Is Much More Obscene Than You Had Imagined
March 1, 2021: Senator Elizabeth Warren introduces the Ultra-Millionaire Tax ActTom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.They have super-yachts, wine cellars, multiple homes, home movie theaters, private safe-rooms, and family office suites. The…
“Taxpayer Dollars”: The Origins of Austerity’s Racist Catchphrase
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In late February, a caucus of Republican legislators wrote a three-page memo to rally opposition to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package. Highlighting “liberal goodies” in the bill, Rep. Jim…
“Eliminate the Barriers”: How the Vaccine Rollout Is Failing Communities of Color
A patient at the Lebanon VA Medical Center receives a COVID-19 vaccine.Doug Wagner/Veterans Administrat/Planet Pix/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This is a week of good news and not-so-good news as we approach the one year…
Even With the Proposed Wealth Tax, Billionaires Would Get Richer Faster Than Everyone Else
Sen. Elizabeth WarrenAnna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Brendan Boyle (D-Penn.), rolled out a new version of the ultrawealth tax plan…
This Agency Could Push Banks to Fight Inequality—and Biden Has to Decide Who Should Run It
Mother Jones illustration; University of Michigan; Wikimedia Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Two years after the 2008 financial crisis, a government commission began releasing their findings on the causes of the worst economic downturn in nearly…
The Tipped Minimum Wage Didn’t Help Restaurants and Hotels Survive the Pandemic, Says a New Report
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.As the debate over raising the minimum wage heats up, there has been renewed attention on the subminimum wage that restaurant servers make…