Topic: Money And Power

Miniature people standing on a pile of coins (Getty Images)

Why American wealth lasts generations

Patricia Callahan, James Bandler, Justin Elliott, Doris Burke, Jeff Ernsthausen - ProPublica
White nationalists and neo-Nazis at the "Unite the Right" rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Getty Images)

How Twitter hurt anti-extremism research

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet
Former White House senior counselor to President Donald Trump, Steve Bannon (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Google helped Bannon monetize extremism

Craig Silverman, Isaac Arnsdorf - ProPublica
Rear view of young mother groceries shopping for baby products in a supermarket. (Getty Images)

No reason to freak out over inflation

Dean Baker - Common Dreams
Larry Summers and Steven Pinker (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will the "University of Austin" be real?

Jon Skolnik
Stressed Woman By Laptop On Table (Getty Images/Bundit Binsuk)

Latest viral trend? Quitting your job

Trish Rooney
Workers picket outside of John Deere Harvester Works facility on October 14, 2021 in East Moline, Illinois. More than 10,000 Deere employees represented by the UAW walked off the job at midnight after failing to agree to term of a new contract. About 1,400 workers walked off the job at the Harvester Works plant where the company builds combines. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Striketober and the rise of the worker

Jon Skolnik
Hungarian-born US investor and philanthropist George Soros (Getty Images)

18 billionaires got stimulus checks

Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen - ProPublica
A help wanted sign is displayed at a boardwalk restaurant in the shore community of Wildwood on May 28, 2021 in Wildwood, New Jersey. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

GOP pushes to loosen child labor laws

Trish Rooney, Brett Bachman
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Sun Country Airlines hangar in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Did Trump's SPAC deal break the law?

John Wright - Raw Story
Laughing at Twitter (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Do Twitter dunks amplify conservatives?

Matthew Rozsa
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

GOP senator faces insider trading probe

Robert Faturechi - ProPublica
Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, left, and Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes (Salon illustration via Getty Images)

Betsy DeVos roped into Theranos trial

Trish Rooney
U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during a news conference at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House February 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Did Trump's social network steal code?

Brett Bachman
US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township, Pennsylvania on September 22, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Inside Trump's "weird" SPAC deal

Brett Bachman
Kellogg's Cereal plant workers demonstrate in front of the plant on October 7, 2021 in Battle Creek, Michigan. Workers at Kellogg’s cereal plants are striking over the loss of premium health care, holiday and vacation pay, and reduced retirement benefits. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)

Striketober: 100K stop work this month

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) address reporters outside the White House after their Oval Office meeting with President Joe Biden on May 12, 2021. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

GOP beef with business reaches a head

Brett Bachman
Kellogg's Cereal plant workers demonstrate in front of the plant on October 7, 2021 in Battle Creek, Michigan. Workers at Kellogg’s cereal plants are striking over the loss of premium health care, holiday and vacation pay, and reduced retirement benefits. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)

Kellogg's workers on Strrr-ike

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
The border wall stretches along the U.S.-Mexico border on the Johnson Ranch near Columbus, N.M. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

One billionaire funding TX border wall

Brett Bachman
A hand holding several $100 bills. (Getty Images)

Why billionaires love South Dakota

Chuck Collins - Common Dreams
Tesla head Elon Musk (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Elon Musk's scorched-earth interview

Brett Bachman
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Tobias Hase/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Why everyone is mad at Mark Zuckerberg

Trish Rooney