Help keep Salon independent

Topic: wealthy

Tents between puddles and mud on the grounds of the "Burning Man" festival. Tens of thousands of visitors to the desert festival "Burning Man" are stranded on the site in the US state of Nevada after heavy rainfall over the weekend. September 2023. (David Crane/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Mocking Burning Man's muddy catastrophe

Nardos Haile
A protester holds a placard against the people with money during the climate change demonstration march. (Ana Fernandez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Inequality driving the climate crisis

Troy Farah
Businessman with Coin Bank (Getty Images)

Billionaires use hobbies for write-offs

Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen - ProPublica
Joe Biden, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Democrats must not compromise

Erica Payne
Advertisement:
TV personality Frank Luntz attends HBO's Official Golden Globe Awards After Party at Circa 55 Restaurant on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (FilmMagic/FilmMagic for HBO)

Luntz warned GOP of "anger" at the rich

Zachary Petrizzo
Joe Biden | Tax Forms (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden wants tax crackdown on rich

Jon Skolnik
Ted Cruz (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Cruz to Trump: More tax cuts, please

Igor Derysh
Jared Kushner (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Is Kushner's family exploiting the poor?

Brad Reed - Raw Story
Advertisement:
(AP/Shutterstock/Salon)

We all labor to support Trump's debt

Bob Hennelly
Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference February 23, 2018. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Trump's mansion — from a scam artist

Lance Williams, Matt Smith
FILE -- In this Tuesday, March 14, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump stands with Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before lunch in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. With an eye toward Washington, leaders of a fractured and conflict-ridden Arab world hold their annual summit Wednesday, March 29, 2017, seeking common ground as President Donald Trump weighs his approach toward the region. The stalled Palestinian quest for statehood, is an issue that host Jordan says will take center stage. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

The Crown Prince's double-standard

Keith A. Spencer
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Millionaires ask GOP not to cut taxes

Taylor Link
Advertisement:
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Supre rich to America: "Thank you!"

David Cay Johnston
Donald Trump; Paul Ryan (AP/Evan Vucci/Reuters/Yuri Gripas/Photo montage by Salon)

trump's trickle-down firehose

Simon Maloy
(Reuters/Brendan McDermid/Shutterstock/Salon)

Trump's tax dodge: it's legal

Simon Maloy
Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address, Capitol Hill, Jan. 20, 2015. (AP/Mandel Ngan)

Thumbs-up for Obama's tax plan

Luke Brinker
Advertisement:
(AP/Mark Lennihan)

Our inequality problem

Luke Brinker
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-156268p1.html'>aastock</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Rich Cut Charity

Luke Brinker
(screenshot)

Sarah Gray
The Koch brothers

Sarah Gray
Advertisement:
China's President Xi Jinping (AP/Lionel Bonaventure)

Benjamin Carlson - GlobalPost
Paul Krugman (Reuters/Anton Golubev)

Krugman: GOPers vs. the poor

Elias Isquith

Robert Reich
Advertisement: