Jake Johnson / Common DreamsAug 26, 2024
Timothy Mellon, the reclusive heir to a Gilded Age fortune, has poured over $165 million into the 2024 election so far. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigMar 11, 2020
With Joe Biden’s primary victory imminent, the 2020 election increasingly looks like a battle not for America's future but for its past. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigJun 25, 2019
A handful of monopolies have a stranglehold on the U.S. economy. The solution today is the same as it was during the last Gilded Age. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Jim Hightower / OtherWordsJun 25, 2019
Ordinary workers now have to work centuries—or even millennia—to make what their CEOs make in a year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatchJun 17, 2019
The Donald clearly arrived on the scene as blowback from at least two things: an American imperium gone wrong and a new "gilded age." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Ann Jones / TomDispatchApr 11, 2019
Thorstein Veblen, whose working life coincided with the first Gilded Age, may be the greatest American thinker you've never heard of. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Jesse Eisinger and Paul Kiel / ProPublicaApr 5, 2019
A new report explores how agency officials tried to crack down on the rich, only to find Congress and its patrons arrayed against them. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigMar 12, 2019
The senator aims to break up Google, Amazon and Facebook. If we are to dismantle our new Gilded Age, it's as good a place as any to start. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigFeb 22, 2019
Like so many billionaires of our new Gilded Age, the former Starbucks CEO doesn't care about the consequences of his political escapades. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigNov 22, 2018
A damning New York Times report on the social media giant only reinforces the need to resurrect sweeping antitrust laws. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigOct 27, 2018
Populism and progressivism were fueled by idealistic dreams, but in the end they were dragged down by self-interest and racism. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
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