With the U.S. midterm elections just a week away, the affordability crisis — intensified by President Trump’s tariffs and war on Iran — has emerged as a major campaign issue. Across the country, families are struggling to make ends meet, while oil and…
The midterms will shape our future. HuffPost holds power accountable. Become a member to keep independent journalism strong. The deal allows Zuckerberg to pay a potentially huge billionaire tax that is on the ballot in California without losing his ownership…
On November 3, 2026, California voters will vote on Proposition 40, a one-time 5 percent levy on the net worth of billionaires who were California residents on January 1, 2026. Ninety percent of the revenue would fund health care programs, with the remainder set aside for…
And we’re seeing just how dangerous that concentration of power has become. On Saturday, October 17, as Americans gathered across the country for No Kings events encouraging early voting, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta suspended the movement’s primary Instagram account. Organizers lost access…
America makes its choice two weeks from Tuesday. It’s not really a choice between two parties. After all, a record 45 percent of American voters now call themselves “independent” and don’t align with either party. And most of us who still…
If passed, California’s Proposition 40 would generate funding for health care, education, and food assistance programs. About 10 percent of the revenue that would be generated under Proposition 40 would be used to fund K–12 education and food assistance programs, which the federal…
Every day, Big Banks, Big Tech, and their armies of corporate lobbyists threaten our economy, our financial security, and our democracy – sacrificing Main Street Americans and our families on the altar of corporate profits. Public Citizen advocates for ordinary people…
Stop Wall Street looting! Call, write, or visit your U.S. Senators and Representative to co-sponsor and pass the Stop Wall Street Looting Act that will protect our communities, hospitals, and housing from the predatory exploitation, massive profits, and obscene corruption of…
Advocates pose as Monopoly men and wealthy DOGE supporters while protesting tax breaks for billionaires and the Republican tax plan, inside and outside the Ways & Means Full Committee Markup to advance the legislation in the Longworth House Office Building on…
Read the full article on The Nation. Chuck Collins directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he coedits Inequality.org. Private-equity magnate Jeffrey Leerink has been busy pillaging healthcare and the…
Concentrated wealth and power: Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Thiel and the oligarchy the left campaigns against.
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