2018 Donald Trump would likely be appalled at the redistributionist political philosophy of 1999 Donald Trump. In the run-up to his first presidential campaign in 1999, Trump — who ran a short-lived…
Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos now has a personal net worth surpassing $150 billion, after finishing 2017 . Here’s what that looks like. $50 billion made over the course of 198…
During a recent appearance in South Africa, former President Barack Obama called on world leaders to back the idea of a universal basic income to address wealth inequality. “It’s not just money…
President Trump signed the Republican tax cuts into law roughly six months ago, but the benefits promised to American workers seem to have been forgotten by the Trump administration. On January 31…
The inflation rate is the highest it’s ever been since 2012, which has all but eliminated any additional buying power the working class has gotten since then. On Thursday, the U.S. Department…
Many of the farmers in the rural Midwestern and Great Plains Congressional districts that showed up the most for President Trump in 2016 will feel the hardest direct economic hit from the…
Over a dozen members of Congress just sent an official letter to the private equity firm that owns Toys ‘R’ Us, asking why its loading the company down with debt while firing…
. No where is this more evident than it is with farmers. Those in the field of farming, fishing and forestry are five times more likely to commit suicide even among the…
Even a modest two-bedroom home is completely out of reach for someone earning the federal minimum wage anywhere in the United States. According to the National Low-Income Housing Coalition’s (NLIHC) 2018 “Out…
With much of the nation focused on the humanitarian crisis of the Trump administration separating undocumented children from their parents, House Republicans quietly proposed a budget that would cut anti-poverty programs by…