Kasia Anderson / TruthdigMay 4, 2015
On Sunday's edition of "This Week With George Stephanopoulos," the ABC host might have thought he was point-blanking the newly minted presidential candidate with some blunt questions, but Sanders hit harder with his answers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 21, 2015
In the age of Internet access, children's ability to become productively curious about almost anything has made the adolescent sons and daughters of wealthy New York City families important players in the discovery and selection of multimillion-dollar homes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Sen. Bernie SandersMar 19, 2015
As I understand the Republican view of our country, as manifested in the House and Senate budgets, millions of middle class and working families need to see a major reduction in federal programs that help make their lives, and the lives of their kids, a little bit better. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJan 27, 2015
Some of the names on this list of the über rich will seem familiar while others may come as a surprise. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 7, 2014
Wealth hidden by tax shelters and non-responses to questionnaires is so undercounted that "correcting for similar lapses in income data almost erases progress made from 1988 to 2008 in narrowing the gap between the world’s rich and poor," Bloomberg contributor Jeanna Smialek reports that a body of research has found. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJun 14, 2014
The former vice president recently told a tech industry conference when "95 percent of all the additional national income in the U.S., since the recovery began in ’09, goes to the top 1 percent, that's not an Occupy Wall Street slogan, that's a fact." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 6, 2014
File this under "In Case You Missed It" (or "ICYMI," for Twitter-savvy types): The U.S. Justice Department has launched a probe of high-speed trading to see whether it involves illegal insider trading, Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 9, 2014
The top 1 percent of artists take 77 percent of the income earned in the music industry, a new report found. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 3, 2014
The editors at Mother Jones reveal how much money you would be earning annually today if the super-rich hadn't rigged the system. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 26, 2014
The contentious practice of hydraulic fracturing -- commonly referred to as "fracking," thus offering opponents a handy resemblance to a popular expletive -- isn't something Exxon Mobil's head honcho, Rex Tillerson, has opposed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, MissouriFeb 16, 2014Dig deeper
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