Why Aren’t the Wealthy Paying More?

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7jaAIZe0nww

 

U.S. Empire in Decline: Richard Wolff on Iran War, Rising Inequality, $40 trillion debt and more

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzzNk-XzWCw 

Abdul El-Sayed embraces Trump claim he represents ‘very different’ America

Michigan nominee, who spoke to Obama after primary win, vows to fight inequality as president ‘makes billions off of you…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/09/abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-trump

Auchter's Art: Class in politics

“It did occur to me to make Elon Musk the guy in the cartoon. After all, the newly minted trillionaire is very much the poster child for an absurd concentration of wealth leading to an absurd concentration of power. 

 But I thought that would be letting all the other tech-bro billionaires off the hook. And there are plenty of them out there rigging systems, undermining democratic principles, and aligning with political authoritarians to spread fear so they can further concentrate their wealth and power...”

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/opinion/2026-07-10/auchters-art-class-in-politics

 

‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

The authors say their vision provides a positive alternative to the grim projections from far-right techno extractivists, nationalists and billionaires who claim the future will inevitably bring more fossil fuels, climate disruption and inequality. “There’s a huge cultural, intellectual, political battle that is going on. And we all have a role to play,” said Thomas Piketty, a co-director of the WIL and a professor at the Paris School of Economics...

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/world-inequality-lab-equality-academics-planetary-survival

 

Jeff Bezos Called Me Out. Here’s My Response.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CtfJ1CadOGY

 

 

The Wealth Tax Debate Is A Trap

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_luCGP5pKjw

 

Either tax the rich more or have extreme poverty

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/V2M0_T-l2LE

 

 

Our Rigged Tax System in One Chart

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mL796eqCQko

 

Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church

Inequality, immigration and civil rights are the battlegrounds on which the church, and some other Christian denominations, are fighting

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/23/who-can-tame-trump-pope-leo-xiv-catholic-church-usa

How Megachurches Use the Bible to Defend Billionaires (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #606)

— Pastor publicly shames woman for donating “only” $1,235 to his church. (2:40)

— How megachurches twist the Bible to defend billionaires and wealth inequality. (19:04)

— Sen. John Barrasso targets American Atheists in bizarre smear of “No Kings” protests. (39:33)

— Pastor who condemned book with gay characters charged with sexually assaulting child from church. (50:09)

— Judge blocks taxpayer-funded Catholic statues from going up at police HQ in Quincy, MA. (57:48)

— South Carolina bars atheist from serving as election worker unless he swears oath to God. (1:08:44)
Interview: 

https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2025/10/23/how-megachurches-use-the-bible-to-defend-billionaires/

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains

She said: "The brain changes we observed in regions involved in emotion regulation and attention suggest that inequality creates a toxic social environment that literally shapes how young minds develop, with consequences for mental health and impacts that can last a lifetime. This is a significant advance in understanding how societal-level inequality gets under the skin to affect mental health." 

 Rakesh said: "Progressive taxation, increased social safety nets and universal healthcare could help alleviate the stressors that disproportionately affect children in more unequal societies. Community-building initiatives and investments in public infrastructure could also mitigate the detrimental effects of inequality by promoting trust and social cohesion."…

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/sep/30/study-links-greater-inequality-to-structural-changes-in-childrens-brains

 

#trump has a dream. It’s an #American nightmare. #jobs #economy #tariffs...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_FudkyRi_ZY

 

The Poor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6vjaimSK4E

Bail out Teachers, Not Bankers

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qoxhr1ViZss

Inequality of the Economy: Interviewing Secretary Yellen | The Problem With Jon Stewart

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X9fU89gj_AA

New SAT Data Highlights the Deep Inequality at the Heart of American Education - The New York Times

Starting very early, children from rich and poor families receive vastly different educations, in and out of school, driven by differences in the amount of money and time their parents are able to invest. And in the last five decades, as the country has become more unequal by income, the gap in children's academic achievement, as measured by test scores throughout schooling, has widened. 

"Kids in disadvantaged neighborhoods end up behind the starting line even when they get to kindergarten," said Sean Reardon, the professor of poverty and inequality in education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/10/23/upshot/sat-inequality.html

Now it’s clear: hard work doesn’t make you rich. Surely that’s the death knell for the myth of social mobility | Faiza Shaheen | The Guardian

More wealth at the top means more power at the top. The rich capture our political, economic and social systems, block efforts for change and scare those who resist into submission. So rather than serious proposals to address our unequal society, all we are left with is the same old "education will fix it" mantra, or an emphasis on the individual to "pick themselves up by their bootstraps"...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/19/hard-work-rich-social-mobility-uk-wealth-life

Record auto profits should be used to address inequality and the climate crisis

"Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have made a quarter trillion dollars over the last 10 years. Those profits, and the very existence of the big three today, were only possible through the sacrifices made by UAW members when American taxpayers bailed out the industry. Those same workers were never made whole after being forced to accept lower wages and were stripped of cost-of-living adjustments and retiree pensions.

Over the last four years, each big three CEO received on average a 40% pay raise on top of their multimillion-dollar salaries. Autoworkers saw their pay increase by a mere 6% in that same period of time, falling behind in inflation like the rest of American workers..."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/14/record-auto-profits-inequality-climate-crisis-ford-general-motors-stellantis

The Real Reason Social Security Is in Danger | Robert Reich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfZuB7XSFys