Kamala Harris Has Finally Promised to Tax the Rich
Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin. Daniel DeSlover/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kamala Harris is starting to respond to calls by media outlets and voters to share a detailed economic policy plan ahead of November, including making…
This Little-Noticed Project 2025 Provision Could Supercharge Wealth Inequality
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a second Donald Trump presidency—you know, that document he knows nothing about even though 140 people from his first administration, including six former Cabinet members, helped create…
Worried About Kamala Harris’ Plan to Tax Unrealized Capital Gains? Don’t Bother.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Do you have $100 million? I don’t. Heck, I don’t even have $50 million! Which is why I’m not worried about the likes of President Joe Biden and maybe-president Kamala Harris and Rep. Barbara…
Which Climate Policies Work Best? This New Study Offers Clues.
Imago/ZUMA This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Following the release of a major climate report last year, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the “climate time bomb” was ticking. Standing behind a podium emblazoned with the United Nations symbol of a globe encircled by olive branches, Guterres declared, “Our world needs…
Another Likely Casualty of the Latest Supreme Court Rulings: The Taxman
Mother Jones illustration; Erin Schaff/The New York Times/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Just when the IRS was starting to get its mojo back, the Supreme Court had to go and throw a wrench into the works. By now, most civic-minded Americans…
America’s 806 Billionaires Are Now Richer Than Half the Population Combined—a Lot Richer
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Are you better off now than you were when Donald Trump was president? That’s a dumb question for Republicans to pose, because the answer by most measures would be, “Oh, heck yes!” But plenty of people…