Chuck Feeney’s Legacy Is a Lesson for America’s Billionaires
Chuck Feeney’s stealthy giving earned him a nickname: “the James Bond of Philanthropy.”Atlantic Philanthropies Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The selfless billionaire is a rare creature indeed. Chuck Feeney, who died on Monday at the age of 92, was one of them. He is…
Rich Americans Are Stiffing the Taxman to the Tune of $66 Billion
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden.Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.America’s rich deadbeats just won’t stop deadbeating. On Thursday, Senate Finance Committee chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) revealed that his committee had IRS data for tax years 2017-2020 showing that more than…
“The Wealthy Tend to Always Look Out for Themselves”—The Attack on State Taxes By Outside Groups
Pete Ryan/Center for Public Integrity Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This piece was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality. JACKSON, Miss.—Amia Edwards lives here because she wants to make a difference. But in this majority-Black city,…
Wait, Tampons Weren’t Being Tested With Human Blood?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Until last week, no study had ever been published that tested period products—tampons, pads, discs, cups, and underwear—using human blood. A team of four women just changed that. On August 7, Dr. Bethany Samuelson Bannow…
The Supreme Court Made It Even Harder to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Mother Jones; Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Within 24 hours, two rulings from the nation’s highest court—one striking down the use of race-conscious college admissions, and the second gutting Biden’s student debt cancellation plan—rolled back years of progress towards greater…
Cheaper Housing or More Homelessness? Your Call, California.
Levi Meir Clancy/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The primary reason people become unhoused in California is unaffordable housing, including due to loss of income, according to a study released Tuesday. Around a third of the United States’ unhoused population—some 170,000 people—lives in the state. The…