Source: Capital & Main | By Marcus Baram

On March 7, President Joe Biden reintroduced proposals to increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans and the nation’s most profitable corporations. The move virtually ensures that the nation’s extreme wealth inequality.

Source: The Atlantic | By Christine Emba

In February, 93-year-old Ruth Gottesman, a former professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the widow of financier David Gottesman, announced a gift of $1 billion to her school. With the funds came instructions.

Source: The Guardian | By Duncan Weldon

At the beginning of each year, the world’s corporate and political elite gather in the Swiss ski resort of Davos to pat each other on the back, attend seminars on “the fourth Industrial Revolution” – whatever that might be – and generally mull over the state of the world.

Source: The Nation. | By Ingrid Robeyns

The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, began on January 15. As has become a yearly ritual, the global business and political elite have gathered to discuss how public-private partnerships can tackle what the WEF sees as the world’s most urgent problems.

Source: Pew Research Center | By Rakesh Kocchar and Mohamad Moslimani

The economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic put the financial security of U.S. households at risk. The initial shock caused about 25 million workers to lose their jobs within three months, from February to April 2020, and it took about two years for the nation’s employment level to fully recover.

Source: San Bernardino Sun | By Ethan Baron

There’s no reason our communities should be struggling right now. By taxing the wealthy...we get our democracy back and we get a clear pathway to thriving communities.

Source: Scheerpost | By Gabriela Sandoval

The Supreme Court is gearing up to weigh in on the ongoing student loan debt debate prompted by President Joe Biden’s sweeping debt cancellation plan that would help over 35 million Americans.

Source: LA Progressive | By Gabriela Sandoval

The Supreme Court is gearing up to weigh in on the ongoing student loan debt debate prompted by President Joe Biden’s sweeping debt cancellation plan that would help over 35 million Americans.

Source: Newton Daily News | By Gabriela Sandoval

The Supreme Court is gearing up to weigh in on the ongoing student loan debt debate prompted by President Joe Biden’s sweeping debt cancellation plan that would help over 35 million Americans.

Source: CounterPunch | By Gabriela Sandoval

The Supreme Court is gearing up to weigh in on the ongoing student loan debt debate prompted by President Joe Biden’s sweeping debt cancellation plan that would help over 35 million Americans.

Source: Common Dreams | By Gabriela Sandoval

The Supreme Court is gearing up to weigh in on the ongoing student loan debt debate prompted by President Joe Biden’s sweeping debt cancellation plan that would help over 35 million Americans.

Source: Inequality.org | By Gabriela Sandoval

The Supreme Court is gearing up to weigh in on the ongoing student loan debt debate prompted by President Joe Biden’s sweeping debt cancellation plan that would help over 35 million Americans.

Source: Otherwords | By Gabriela Sandoval

The Supreme Court is gearing up to weigh in on the ongoing student loan debt debate prompted by President Joe Biden’s sweeping debt cancellation plan that would help over 35 million Americans.

Source: Newsweek | By Gabriela Sandoval

Millions of Americans are one paycheck away from complete catastrophe. When I worked as a consumer advocate, I saw this first-hand when talking with people struggling to keep their lights on.

Source: Morning Consult | By Matthew Kendrick

Good morning and Ramadan Mubarak to those observing. This week coincided with another major holiday in part of the Islamic world, Nowruz, which is celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan and much of Central Asia.

Source: Inequality.org | By Rebekah Entralgo

Amid-pandemic survey from Pew found that 55 percent of Americans have no opinion on whether billionaires – whose wealth doubled during the pandemic – are good or bad for the United States.

Source: Inequality.org | By Rebekah Entralgo

Amid-pandemic survey from Pew found that 55 percent of Americans have no opinion on whether billionaires – whose wealth doubled during the pandemic – are good or bad for the United States.

Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy | By M.J. Prest

Also, Cindy McCain will now lead the U.N. World Food Programme, and the Skillman Foundation has hired its first vice president of learning and impact.

Source: Bloomberg Tax | By Laura Mahoney and Michael J. Bologna

The week in state tax news: A new organization has emerged pushing for federal and state wealth taxes, but its unclear the how its efforts to tax the ultra-wealthy will fare.

Source: The Thom Hartmann Program | By Thom Hartmann

Have you heard of ‘Excessive Wealth Disorder’? It could be fatal for the poor if the rich can’t be cured.

Gabriela Sandoval is working on this are other related needs and joined Thom today to discuss what needs to be done, and why.