Tag: Income Inequality
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How Billionaires Are Fighting the Prop 40 California Wealth Tax
The latest Silicon Valley billionaire club is a $333 million political ad machine that is heavily engaged in next week’s elections.
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Unrest Erupts Again in France, but This Time, With Less Property Damage
After largely peaceful marches on Saturday, clashes broke out in the evening. But a large-scale police presence, 1,000 arrests and the rerouting of protest routes kept a lid on wholesale vandalism.
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Looting Left Damage and Fear on Paradise Street in Marseille
Looters ravaged a storied commercial avenue in France’s second-largest city. Its merchants fear that more unrest could follow.
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France Riots Expose the Rage Aimed at Dior, Hermès and Other Luxury Brands
The looting of stores belonging to brands like Dior, Celine and Hermès has exposed a crack in the glossy facade.
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These California Boat Dwellers Fear the Worst: Life on Land
For decades, dozens of people lived rent-free on a bay just north of San Francisco. A few holdouts remained as a deadline loomed to leave the water.
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Chris Rock Has Been Thinking About Forgiveness
The comedian and filmmaker on what real friendship looks like, what keeps him up at night and his new movie, “Misty Green.”
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Are Democrats Worried About the Wrong Rich People?
As billionaires become a popular political target, a new book urges Washington not to lose sight of a much larger, and quieter, group of wealthy business owners.
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Affordability Is a Winning Message for Democrats. But There’s an Even Better One.
If Democrats can embrace what affordability is really about, they might do even more than win elections.