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PublishedMarch 15, 2020
Insight: Market crash could be silver lining in coronavirus response
If wealthy people weren't seeing their stocks lose value, we might still be downplaying the pandemic risk.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2020
Women thrive in Northeast U.S., languish across the South
The annual Bloomberg analysis measures factors such as labor-force participation, education, political representation, health care and corporate leadership.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2020
Commentary: What Michael Bloomberg will never understand
We need a leader who will work with those affected by greed, racism and sexism instead of discounting, dismissing or silencing them.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2019
Insight: Jimmy Hoffa casts a long shadow over unions
Through works like 'The Irishman,' the notorious Teamsters president still links organized labor in the public imagination with organized crime.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2019
Americans now need at least $500,000 a year to enter top 1%
The income needed to exit the bottom 99% of U.S. taxpayers hit $515,371 in 2017, according to Internal Revenue Service data.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2019
Insight: America’s greedy millionaires and billionaires
The Trump tax cuts helped the people who needed it least. And they are still begging for more.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2019
The View From Here: Poor People’s Campaign sheds light on poverty in Maine
Federal poverty figures don't tell the whole story about economic insecurity and its causes.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2019
Maine Voices: Let’s move forward together to address injustice, not take a step back
The We Must Do MORE Tour, a civic engagement movement grounded in the concerns of the poor, is coming to Portland on Oct. 10.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2019
Commentary: Collins turning her back on Maine tradition of open government
The senator's constituents have a lot of questions about her voting record, but she won't answer them at town hall forums.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2019
Commentary: Maine reaches milestone on road to tax fairness
Starting in 2020, the poorest households in our state will no longer pay a larger share of their income in taxes than the wealthiest do.
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