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Big money
Investigating the social and political clout of America's super-wealthy
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13 December 2019
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What could the US afford if it raised billionaires' taxes? We do the math
'Traitors to their class': meet the super rich who want to be taxed more
2 May 2019
Charles Koch gave $25m to our university. Has it become a rightwing mouthpiece?
We are student journalists at Utah State University. Our investigation found an effort to inject universities with conservative thinking
27 April 2019
Disney heir on CEO's $66m pay: 'No one on the freaking planet is worth that'
Abigail Disney condemns family firm for spouting ‘neoliberal claptrap’ and derides Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: ‘It is possible to say no to money’
27 March 2019
House-hunting in Silicon Valley: tech's newly rich fuel a spectacle of excess
As flamenco dancers and baristas help show off multimillion-dollar homes, there is no longer room for the middle class
19 February 2019
Limos, mansions and millennials: how wealth transformed a quiet mountain
Utah’s Powder Mountain has seen an influx of monied entrepreneurs, but longtime residents fear something special is being lost
12 February 2019
'Bodyguard to the stars': the man helping Jeff Bezos fight the Enquirer
Gavin de Becker has spent decades protecting the rich and famous. Now he’s helping the Amazon CEO take on a tabloid
7 February 2019
'Aristocrats are anarchists': why the wealthy back Trump and Brexit
Brooke Harrington
Nationalism has been sold as ‘a war for the little guy’ but Brooke Harrington argues that it serves the interests of elites
31 January 2019
From books to bullets: inside Amazon's push to 'defend' America
Jeff Bezos’s company hosts top secret CIA data and powers the US immigration case management system. Now it’s poised to take on a $10bn Pentagon project
24 January 2019
America's most expensive home sells for $238m to hedge fund boss
Penthouse at 220 Central Park South is 34 times bigger than average Manhattan apartment: ‘Hope he got a lot of bathrooms,’ says homelessness advocate
23 January 2019
How elite US schools give preference to wealthy and white 'legacy' applicants
A lawsuit focused on race-conscious admissions at Harvard has added fuel to a fiery debate about wealth and privilege at elite institutions
10 January 2019
MacKenzie Bezos: divorce from Amazon CEO could make her world's richest woman
She married Jeff Bezos before he started Amazon, and once described herself as a ‘lottery winner’ of a different sort
7 January 2019
Meet Dr Miriam Adelson: the record-breaking Republican donor driving Trump's Israel policy
The Las Vegas addiction doctor is stepping out of the shadow of her casino billionaire husband and just received a medal from the president
18 December 2018
Anand Giridharadas on elite do-gooding: 'Many of my friends are drunk on dangerous BS'
In his recent book, Anand Giridharadas torches the privileged circles he has moved in much of his adult life
4 November 2018
Why has Nike's founder given a record amount to a Republican candidate?
Phil Knight’s unprecedented donation in the Oregon governor’s race has raised questions ahead of the US midterms
2 November 2018
Midterm big spenders: the top 20 political donors this election
An extraordinary amount of money is being funneled into the midterms by a small number of people. But who are they, and what are they trying to buy?
31 October 2018
What billionaires want: the secret influence of America’s 100 richest
A new study reveals how the wealthy engage in ‘stealth politics’: quietly advancing unpopular, inequality-exacerbating, highly conservative policies
30 October 2018
Billionaires join final push over Michigan's 'rigged' voting map
Partisan gerrymandering has protected Republican majorities in the Michigan statehouse and sent a disproportionate share to Congress
25 October 2018
'Dripping with poison of antisemitism': the demonization of George Soros
The billionaire was the first target in a series of mail bombs sent this week, an attack that comes as vilification of Soros has reached new heights
19 October 2018
The bad behavior of the richest: what I learned from wealth managers
While those in poverty are called lazy, the idle rich are dubbed bon vivants
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