Bridging the Wealth Gap Could Be This Simple
“Baby bond” accounts for every child would help address racial inequality while providing security to Americans of every color.
Could U.S. Exit From Paris Accord Be 'Good News for the Rest of the World'?
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With the United States out of the agreement, the administration now cannot undermine global climate talks as part of the Trump effort to promote fossil fuels.
How the Government Made Me a Dissident
Nothing helps you appreciate our constitutional rights like being robbed of them.
Truthdigger of the Week: Whistleblower John Kiriakou
The former CIA agent has seen his life ripped apart by the government because he revealed CIA torture. However, he continues to stand up for truth and humaneness and against a system that views all of us as undiscovered felons.
AUDIO: Whistleblower John Kiriakou to Robert Scheer: Whistleblowers 'Are Not Alone'
The US government is out to "ruin" people who expose official wrongoing "in every conceivable way," says John Kiriakou in an interview with Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer Kiriakou is a 14-year CIA veteran who was jailed for confirming that the U government tortured prisoners via waterboarding.
Study: Highest-Paid University Presidents Benefit From Soaring Student Debt and Low-Wage Adjuncts
It seems there's no coincidence that the university administrators with the fattest paychecks head schools in which students and adjuncts have the most to lose.
Report: 'Fast Food CEOs Rake In Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay'
While fast food workers stage a one-day strike, a report from the Global Economy Project shows how the industry's CEOs have subsidized their own multimillion dollar salaries with taxpayer funds in addition to saving money by paying employees low wages. Report author Sarah Anderson explains.
For Some Big Firms, CEO Pay Tops Tax Bill
Compensation for 25 of the highest-paid U.S. CEOs exceeded the amount their corporations paid in taxes in 2010, according to a study published by a Washington think tank Wednesday. (more)
CEO Pay: A Teeny-Weeny Secret for Rich Folk
The House Financial Services Committee has voted to repeal a provision in last year's Dodd-Frank financial reform law requiring public corporations to report the ratio between CEO and median worker pay. (more)
