Amazon CEO’s Wealth Soars to New Heights While Trump’s Sinks

MICHAEL LIEDTKE / The Associated Press Mar 8, 2018 Jeff Bezos becomes the first $100 billion mogul to top Forbes’ annual rankings of the world’s richest people, and the president’s fortune takes a hit despite stock market surge. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Here’s a Health-Care Model for Bezos, Buffett and Dimon: Medicare

Marshall Auerback / AlterNet Feb 11, 2018 As the billionaires' firms plan a new entity to tackle the high costs of medical services, they should study the government program as an effective design. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Amazon, Buffett, JPMorgan to Form Health Care Company

TOM MURPHY / The Associated Press Jan 30, 2018 The aim of the new firm, which will be independent and “free from profit-making incentives and constraints,” is to help address their workers' health care costs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Capitalism: The Nightmare

Paul Street / Truthdig Sep 20, 2017 As American activist Joel Kovel wrote six years ago, "The future will be eco-socialist, because without eco-socialism there will be no future." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Now 5 Men Own Almost as Much Wealth as Half the World’s Population

By Paul Buchheit / AlterNet Jun 13, 2017 While Americans fixate on Donald Trump, the superrich are absconding with our wealth. (Pictured: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.) Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Is Health Care ‘the Military-Industrial Complex of the 21st Century’?

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2017 American corporations would benefit from single-payer health care, so why do so few support implementing Medicare for all? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Wells Fargo Directors Face Wrath for Complicity in Bank Corruption

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Apr 26, 2017 Protesters on Tuesday registered their displeasure with the megabank's leadership at the Florida site of Wells Fargo's annual shareholder meeting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Oxfam Finds Eight Men’s Wealth Equals That of Half the World’s People

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 16, 2017 "This is the perfect but horribly sad point to make on MLK day," Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer writes in a memo to staff. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ultra-Rich ‘Philanthrocapitalist’ Class Undermining Global Democracy, Study Says

By Sarah Lazare / Common Dreams Jan 18, 2016 As foundations and wealthy individuals funnel money into global development, what "solutions" are they pursuing? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Politics

Candidates for 2015 ‘Hypocrite of the Year’

By Paul Buchheit / Common Dreams Dec 7, 2015 There are so many candidates. But the people included here stand out in their various areas of nefarious behavior: war-making, tax avoidance, consumer gouging, environmental destruction, and criminal arrogance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Warren Buffett Is Betting Big on Wind Energy in Nebraska, and Other Planet-Saving News

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 6, 2015 Wind power is on a roll in the U.S. despite a fickle Congress and the machinations of Big Coal and Big Gas to keep all the subsidies for themselves. And one of the world’s most successful investors, Warren Buffett, has noticed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: David Cay Johnston

BLANK Sep 12, 2014 The dogged investigative reporter uses plain language to describe the congressionally prescribed byzantine tax schemes that cheat ordinary Americans to benefit financial elites. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )