TOP NEWS: Tax Day Study Shows US Billionaires Now Own $4.7 Trillion

 

April 18, 2022 Top News Biden Urged to 'Fight Like Hell' for Global Covid Funds as New Summit Announced News of the virtual conference comes amid a failure to vaccinate the Global South—where fewer than one in seven people have received even a first shot. by Brett Wilkins Warren Says Windfall Profits Tax Can Help Dems Avert 'Big Losses' in Midterms "Democrats need to deliver more of the president's agenda—or else we will not be in the majority much longer." by Jake Johnson 'Stain on Democracy': Tax Day Study Shows US Billionaires Now Own $4.7 Trillion "We reject the narrative that this country cannot afford to invest in a better world." by Jake Johnson More Top News • Report Details How Community Utilities Can Usher In Green Energy Transition • Progressive International Outlines Four Ways to End IMF's 'Abuse of Power' • 'No Wars, No Warming': Extinction Rebellion Marches on NYC • Right-Wing Judge Kills CDC Mask Mandate for Travel • Ukrainians Used Cluster Bombs in Russian-Controlled Village: NYT • DOJ Urged to Probe Whether Trump 'Willfully Mutilated and Destroyed' Jan. 6 Call Logs • Starbucks Workers Urge Congress to Grill CEO Howard Schultz on Union-Busting VIEW ALL NEWS Quality journalism. Progressive values. Our new media model is simple: we rely on our readers and thousands of small donations to keep us moving forward. No ads; no paywalls: our content is free, and our readers sustain us. DONATE TODAY Opinion Climate Change Is Also a Major Casualty of the War in Ukraine The Russian invasion of Ukraine raises the question, again, why the world fails repeatedly to sets its priorities in the right order. by C.J. Polychroniou The Obvious Solutions to the Global Inflation Crisis Who is standing in the way of a better future? by Laura Basu Corruption in Drug Patents: Take Away the Money When patents can be worth enormous sums of money, companies will find ways to abuse the system. by Dean Baker VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams, PO Box 443, Portland, ME 04112, United States Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194