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Waiting on the Wealthy

Low-wage jobs catering to the wealthiest Americans are now growing twice as fast as other jobs.

Your ability to survive a health crisis shouldn’t depend on your employer, zip code, or skin color.

The wealthiest Americans dominate our airwaves. Let’s hear from someone else for a change.

Big oil companies are drilling public oil for free, thanks to a “temporary” loophole that’s stayed open for 25 years.

USPS employs veterans at three times the national rate, but the White House wants to slash these jobs — and our benefits.

40 percent of Americans can’t afford a $400 emergency — and more emergencies are coming.

How will billionaires and insurers survive?

California’s wildfires and blackouts show the dangers of entrusting our power to for-profit corporations.

If the U.S. were as equal as Japan, the average American’s wealth would triple. Inequality is like a tax on two-thirds of your income.

As hundreds of Wisconsin dairy farms go under, the White House is telling them to clear out for the big guys.