Elon Musk is officially on the trillionaire path as Tesla shareholders approve an unprecedented $1 trillion pay package | Fortune
Musk’s net worth could soon top $1,000,000,000,000 as Tesla reaffirms its desire for the world’s richest man to lead the electric-vehicle company.
fortune.com
November 06, 2025
Preston Fore
Economy & Finance
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Richest 1% in the US grabbed at least 987 times more wealth per household than bottom 20% since 1989, new Oxfam research shows | Oxfam
In the past year, the wealth of the 10 richest U.S. billionaires surged $698 billion, as Oxfam warns Trump administration policies risk driving U.S. inequality to new heights.
Between 1989 and 2022, a top 0.1% U.S. household gained $39.5 million, a top 1% household gained $8.35 million, and a bottom 20% household gained less than $8,500.
As many across the country struggle with rising costs, Oxfam calls on policymakers to deliver for ordinary people by rapidly reducing extreme inequality—including through tackling concentrated power, investing in public services, and reforms to social protection, tax, and labor laws.
oxfamamerica.org
November 03, 2025
Oxfam
Economy & Finance
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Indigenous Nations Plan a Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across the US-Canada border – Mother Jones
“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours.”
motherjones.com
October 05, 2025
Sonal Gupta
Economy & Finance
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Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire F.T.C. Commissioner | New York Times
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to fire a leader of the Federal Trade Commission, setting up a court battle over a 90-year-old limit on executive power over independent agencies.
In an emergency order, a divided court announced that it would allow President Trump, for now, to fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, a F.T.C. commissioner, and that it would hear argument in the case in December, a signal that a majority of the court is ready to revisit a landmark precedent limiting presidential authority.
nytimes.com
September 22, 2025
Abbie VanSickle and Ann E. Marimow
Economy & Finance
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The Great American Tourism Shakedown
The U.S. has built a tourism economy designed to extract maximum revenue from every interaction, and it's backfiring spectacularly.
skift.com
August 12, 2025
Rafat Ali
Economy & Finance
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Student Loan Interest To Skyrocket For Borrowers In SAVE Plan
The Trump administration is set to start charging interest on student loans that are currently in the SAVE plan forbearance. Here's what we know.
forbes.com
July 09, 2025
Adam S. Minsky
Economy & Finance
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The Dollar Has Its Worst Start to a Year Since 1973 - New York Times
It has continued to slide even as President Trump has backed down from his tariff threats and the U.S. stock market has recovered from its losses.
nytimes.com
June 30, 2025
Joe Rennison
Economy & Finance
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Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher. - The New York Times
The combination of a data center boom, rising gas exports and cuts to clean energy tax breaks could spike American energy bills, analysts say.
nytimes.com
June 04, 2025
Economy & Finance
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The Cruelest Farm Bill Ever: Impact on SNAP & Subsidies
Explore how the proposed farm bill restructures SNAP and subsidies, affecting millions of vulnerable families through policy shifts.
ewg.org
May 21, 2025
Scott Faber
Economy & Finance
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40 Years of Farm Subsidies: EWG Uncovers Billions Spent
EWG's research reveals $10 billion in farm subsidies over 40 years to 10,000 farmers. Explore the impacts on subsidies and SNAP benefits.
ewg.org
May 20, 2025
Jared Hayes
Economy & Finance
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Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
cbsnews.com
May 16, 2025
Economy & Finance
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A Plant-Based Diet Can Save Money At The Grocery Store, Study Finds
A new analysis has found that a weekly grocery shop for a vegan in the US costs less than it does for an omnivore
plantbasednews.org
March 04, 2025
Economy & Finance
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In 2024, America has 15.1 Million Vacant Homes While Homelessness Is at an All-Time High of 650,000
In the land of opportunity, where the pursuit of happiness is enshrined in the national ethos, a peculiar paradox unfolds: vacant homes…
medium.com
February 12, 2024
https://medium.com/@hrnews1
Economy & Finance
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Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years — ProPublica
The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president.
propublica.org
January 14, 2021
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