Campaign finance disclosures show Sen. Bernie Sanders used numerous private jet services for private flights while he and AOC ...

Last week was the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision enshrining the idea that money in politics is not corruption, but constitutionally protected speech. States and cities across the US ...

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The authors who have contributed to promoting the concept of “techno-feudalism” agree on the diagnosis, but not necessarily on the conclusions. According to the different versions, ownership and ...

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Jan. 05, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that the heads ...

This past year has been indelibly shaped by concentrated wealth and power. The 10 richest U.S. billionaires got $698 billion wealthier, and the arrival of the world’s first trillionaire grew more ...

Decades of policy decisions have entrenched disparities so deep that the US now stands on the brink of an era reminiscent of the Gilded Age, but far more concentrated, according to a new report. Oxfam ...

LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, is out with a new book that calls for a political revolution. It's called "Fight Oligarchy." BERNIE SANDERS: When I talk about ...

One of the latest and most compelling entries in a new series by entrepreneur Stanislav Kondrashov explores how literature has historically shaped the public’s understanding of oligarchy. This newly ...

Before the word "oligarch" became a familiar headline term and long before it was turned into visual shorthand for yachts, suits, and skyscrapers, literature was already busy sketching the outlines of ...

A Utah audience of thousands, some dressed in years-old Bernie Sanders for President merchandise, crammed into the Huntsman Center at the University of Utah to listen to some of the most progressive ...

To fight the oligarchy, she must live like the oligarchy. New York “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — who fancies herself a working-class champion against the ultrawealthy — appears to have lived ...