Posts Tagged: wealthy donors

Can a Dem strategy punish the GOP for extremism, falsehoods?

Protesters at Laguna Beach complain about California's rules to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: mikeledray, via Shutterstock)

by GARRY SOUTH and HANS JOHNSON posted 08.15.2022

OPINION: The delusional conspiracy theories unleashed on Americans to explain the defeat of former President Donald Trump have done more than raise the threat level to U.S. democracy and to hardworking elections supervisors. They are fracturing the Republican Party in ways its own officials would prefer to overlook while angling to regain control of Congress.

Wealth disparity and donor-advised funds

An illustration of the unequal distribution of wealth., (Image: Prazis, via Shutterstock)

by KAT TAYLOR and DRUMMOND PIKE posted 02.24.2020

OPINION: The United States faces down, arguably, the greatest income and wealth disparity since before the Great Depression. The American people are growing increasingly aware of this disparity, as they see the power of corporations and the wealthy bend our political and financial systems to their will.