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Billionaire spending on elections has skyrocketed since 2010's Citizens United decision. Thankfully, last week Hawaii became the first state to pass a law directly challenging that disastrous Supreme Court ruling.

Workers organizing at Waffle House are fighting for an hourly wage hike to $25, which could set a precedent for employers across the South.

Yet another case of workers suffering at the expense of luxury for their bosses.

Corporations love making bold proclamations about bringing money and jobs to the South. They're almost always lying. Thankfully, labor and community groups are changing that pattern, writes Vonda McDaniel from the Central Labor Council of Nashville. inequality.org/article/turn-m…

Trump's vanity ballroom would be an unjustifiable waste of taxpayer dollars.

How about universal parental leave this #MothersDay? @FmlyValuesWork and others have made important progress at the state level. But as a country, we're still totally out of line with peer nations.

A new podcast from @ilsr takes listeners to the communities that the data center boom is upending. inequality.org/article/i-stoo…

The Gap scions have clear incentives here.

Our @IPS_DC report shows that 5 - count them, FIVE - billionaires have also donated to the opposition campaign against this innovative CEO pay tax

Get out and join one of the thousands of mobilizations today! To find a rally near you: maydaystrong.org

Our new report has all the obscene details on these deep-pocketed funders: inequality.org/article/corpor…

Overpaid CEOs and their billionaire buddies are building a war chest to defeat a San Francisco ballot measure to hike taxes on companies with huge gaps between their CEO and worker pay.

In Chicago, where the Haymarket Affair led to the enshrinement of May Day, the Teachers Union is planning to go big this Friday to fight against billionaires, federal attacks on our communities, and wars abroad. inequality.org/article/chicag…

The thousands of rallies scheduled for this May Day provide an opportunity for us to fight back against oligarchs and their administration, writes Sulma Arias of @PplsAction. inequality.org/article/march-…

Opaque algorithms eat into gig workers' rights. New York should set clear standards to fight back against inequality, writes Rachel Swaner of @CSSNYorg inequality.org/article/the-ap…

Orbán's Fidesz party was just ousted from power after 16 years.

Actions like May Day don't appear out of thin air. Neidi Dominguez from @opinorg gives us a glimpse at the hard work behind the 3k+ events scheduled for next week inequality.org/article/how-or…

The climate crisis is driven by the rich and suffered by the poor.

War profiteering is out of control.

Our co-editor @SarahDAnderson1 taking whacks at the companies that are overpaying their CEOs and underpaying their workers on @FAIRmediawatch fair.org/home/its-all-a…